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Local celeb and founder of Sec*Hand Chance in Nottingham chats community, haters and the future of retail on the high street.

Confessions of a digital pick-up artist

As the growing popularity of personals ads signals a pivot to a slower, more gentle type of online dating, Rory McClenaghan looks back at the brief period he spent as an “opener” for men looking for love online.

Exploring the science behind the vaping deaths

E-cigarettes were supposed to be for hardened smokers trying to wean themselves off tobacco – but then Juuls became a lifestyle accessory for Gen Z. Now, a surge in US deaths is leading to a big rethink over the safety of vaping.

What fame does to your brain

Volume 4 Issue 001: Colour-changing fish, hardwired monkeys and a cocktail of feelgood chemicals. Catch that buzz – fame is the drug that we’re thinking of.

Sex on acid

Volume 4 Issue 001: We speak to the sexual psychonauts trying to reclaim intimacy from plastic porn and meaningless sex.

Circus Exodus

Volume 4 Issue 001: How wildlife experts Chris Packham and Charlotte Corney are liberating traumatised big cats from circuses across Europe.

Eaglewatch

Volume 4 Issue 001: Tagging birds of prey and retrieving dead bodies: in Scotland on the trail of the raptor harassers.

Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Charity Humaitá Mura Tribe

Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever

Photo of the day: A child of the Mura tribe stands in front of a deforested area of indigenous land, inside the Amazon rainforest. Taken near the near town of Humaitá, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, on 20th August.

Elon Musk: a cheat sheet

He’s determined to send humans to Mars, wants to insert AI into our brains and got so fed up with the LA traffic that he started a company to build a tunnel underneath the city. Is there anything that Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn’t do?

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