Romantic love, which has made no "scientific sense" to date, has been found to serve an evolutionary function... to, in case you haven't guessed, stop us playing around. It seems to work... most of the time anyway. "Psychologists have long had a problem explaining the functions of romantic love: a very strong emotion that sometimes seems to take over our lives and lead to what appear to be irrational ... Read full entry

What's your apple pie? Oliver Sweatman asks: what is the attraction of your business that keeps bringing clients back for more? For a café in Jordaan, Amsterdam, for instance, it is their apple pie. Literally, everyone in the place (except us) was wolfing down apple pie! Of course we had to try some, and it was excellent. Well worth a 20 minute bike-ride through the pouring rain. Turns out people ... Read full entry