How to embrace loneliness: a modern guide
A survey showing 83% of people under 35 have felt lonely is no surprise to me. But if you get the knack of being alone it can be a luxury you’ll learn to love
Lifelogging technologies: quantified truths?
GrrlScientist: Lifelogging uses modern digital technologies to record, track, measure and share everything from heartbeats to heartbreaks. An exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin uses science, art and technology to explore the ethics, consequences and potential future uses of lifelogging
Why fruit and vegetables have become their own brand
A new campaign gives fruit and vegetables shiny branding and has the likes of Jessica Alba standing up for salad. But will consumers be swayed?
Why media coverage of alternative cancer cures is dangerous
Michael Marshall: A Mirror Online report on a breast cancer patient who refused medical treatment for so-called natural alternatives ignores the health risks
Farewell Lucy Glennon. A brilliant writer, campaigner and ‘total badass’
Lucy had the rare skin condition epidermolysis bullosa, but she never let it quell her anarchic spirit. Please do share your memories in the thread below
#thisgirlcan ad campaign: no models – just gumshields, sweat and endorphins
Sport England’s drive to get more women involved in exercise and sport sweeps aside stigmas and is ideal for social sharing
Motivational posters: do they actually work?
Dean Burnett: Given how motivational posters are everywhere these days, you’d assume they work. But science argues otherwise
The BBC: still getting it wrong on cycling coverage
Peter Walker: It could have been much worse. But BBC Breakfast’s week-long focus on cycling still spent too long on trivialities like headphones
FGM: Ban Ki-moon backs Guardian’s global media campaign
UN chief launches grants initiative in Kenya as part of Guardian-UNFPA push to change how female genital mutilation is reported and perceived
Don’t judge Robbie Williams for live-tweeting his little angel’s birth
Ally Fogg: There’s an awful lot of hanging around involved in childbirth, and Ayda Field didn’t seem to mind, so what’s the problem?