Tom Freeman studied psychology and philosophy at Oxford. After stints as a market researcher and as deputy editor of Research Fortnight’s funding section, he joined the Wellcome Trust, where he has been merrily copyediting and proofreading ever since. He was 2004 winner of the New Statesman’s New Political Writing Prize, and he blogs about editing and language at Stroppy Editor.
Headlines scream about “epidemics” of shootings and stabbings – but what if we took that literally?
You’d be forgiven for thinking that counting the different types of smile would be straightforward. It’s anything but.
Smiling is one of the fundamental ways people communicate, so what happens if your face can’t do it?
New research suggests a vital link between our ability to sense our physical bodies and knowing how we feel.
An early halt to a trial of deep brain stimulation for depression reveals little about the treatment but more about the changing nature of clinical trials.
Meet the scientists finding out how we can defeat our inner trolls and build more cooperative digital societies.
