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Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is one of the most stereotyped and misunderstood psychiatric conditions in the world. Few people can relate to the suffering of those who live with it and manage debilitating symptoms on a daily basis. Rachel Davis, an expert in the use of a rare procedure called deep brain stimulation for treating crippling and persistent OCD, provides an intimate glimpse into the minds of people who suffer from severe OCD, and the new promising approach to treating it.
Pundits and politicians in the UK have been fretting about a recession for months. But, as Luciano Rispoli explains, recessions are actually quite difficult to pinpoint. This is due to disagreements over the definition and because of the data involved. A multitude of indicators suggest a shrinking economy.
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Rachel A. Davis, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
This rare procedure is offered by only a handful of centers in the US and around the world and should be used only when less invasive treatment options for OCD have been tried.
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Luciano Rispoli, University of Surrey
Explaining why it can be so difficult to pinpoint whether or not an economy is in recession.
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Felipe Tirado, King's College London
After a very divisive election campaign, the winner of the Brazilian election will need to reuite the country.
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Akanni Ibukun Akinyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University; Akinrinola Bankole, Guttmacher Institute; Melissa Stillman, Guttmacher Institute; Onikepe Owolabi, Guttmacher Institute; Temitope Erinfolami, Obafemi Awolowo University
In the context of Nigeria’s restrictive abortion laws, promoting access to medication abortion drugs is a life saver.
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Michael K. Cohen, University of Oxford
You need an AI and lots of data to work out whether there’s any foul play in a chess game.
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Aled Jones, Anglia Ruskin University
Myths about the relative costs of tackling climate change continue to hold back progress.
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Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Tactical nuclear weapons were designed to be used on the battlefield rather than for strategic defense, but that doesn’t mean there’s a plausible case for using them.
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Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham; Tatyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy
The Kremlin claims 97% of votes counted are for the four occupied regions to join the Russian Federation.
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Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University
Narwhals, hummingbirds and the Asian sheepshead wrasse have opened scientists’ eyes to the complexity of nature.
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Vrinda Narain, McGill University; Fatemeh Sadeghi, UCL
Women have long demanded change in Iran. In the aftermath of the death of a woman for a hijab violation, women protesters may be leading their country to a freer and more just society.
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