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What is an endemic? Despite the Omicron wave, many European countries are beginning to loosen Covid-related restrictions. Some have lifted health passes and relaxed travel restrictions, while others have reopened public places and put an end to facemask requirements. In England, as of February 24th, people with Covid-19 are no longer legally required to self-isolate. Governments and international...

What is coolsculpting? Linda Evangelista shares photos of what she calls disfiguring CoolSculpting effects. Just a couple of weeks ago, 90s catwalk star Linda Evangelista shared an emotional post on Instagram. The model revealed she had left the public eye for the last five years to hide the disastrous results of a coolsculpting procedure. She has decided to sue Zeltiq Aesthetics, the company who...

What is libido? First of all, let’s get it straight. Libido and sexual desire aren’t the same thing. Sexual desire is psychological, while libido is linked to hormone activity. Findigs from by the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles were released in May 2021. Reports indicated that intimacy between British couples had halved during the first Covid lockdown period. It wasn’t just the...

What is cholesterol? We’ve all more or less got a vague idea of what cholesterol is. The thick waxy substance has gained a reputation as a silent killer, due to its link with heart problems and being impossible to detect without a blood test. But it’s also essential for many bodily functions. Cholesterol is a type of fat, so it can’t travel around the body on its own. It moves through our blood sy...

What is Uncharted? Adventure film Uncharted was finally released on February 16th, 2022, after more than a decade’s worth of delays. Aside from the newly released film and the video game it’s based on, the Uncharted franchise also includes a novel, a behind-the-scenes book, a comic book, a board game, two motion comics, and seven soundtrack albums or singles. Let’s look back on its rapid rise to p...

What is a Ponzi scheme?   You may have seen the recently released Netflix documentary about the Tinder Swindler, Simon Leviev, or Shimon Hayut to give him his birth name. Between 2017 and 2019s, he conned a series of women out of their money, extorting nearly $10M in total. Leviev’s criminal activity is an example of what’s known as a Ponzi scheme. This form of fraud is named after Charles Ponzi,...

What is Kingdom Hearts? In today’s episode, we’re talking about a video game concept that might seem like the stuff of fan fiction, but nevertheless became a reality. Kingdom Hearts was first released on the PS2 twenty years ago and it’s a meeting of two universes that really have nothing to do with each other: Disney animations and Final Fantasy, Japan’s best known RPG franchise. The series has b...

Who is Agatha Christie? Following on from the highly successful Murder on the Orient Express in 2017, Kenneth Branagh’s second Agatha Christie adaptation was released on February 9th 2022. This time it’s the turn of Death on the Nile to get the big-screen treatment. Let’s take the time to reflect on Agatha’s Christie legacy. The renowned mystery writer is by far the best-selling novelist of all ti...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is pansexuality? More and more celebrities are talking about their sexuality. Just two week...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is sexual entitlement? Back in 2018, an online study of 7,000 Swiss young adults was publis...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is male contraception? We’ve all heard of the pill and the coil for women, but did you know...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is female viagra? It’s been over two decades now since viagra was first approved for use in...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is asexuality? Being asexual means different things to different people. Generally speaking...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is demisexuality? As regular listeners know, there are a wide range of human sexualities. F...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is consent? Public discussion around the issue of consent has been greatly increased in rec...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is sologamy? As it turns out, the traditional relationship may be out of fashion. More and...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is the orgasm gap? July 31st is National Orgasm Day in a number of Western countries, inclu...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is polyamory ? Polyamory means having romantic or sexual relationships with more than one p...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is sneating? Pretty much every romantic relationship starts out with a first date, whether...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is Valentine's Day? This annual celebration of love and passion needs no introduction. Amon...

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is Tinder? Since launching in the US in 2012, there’s no doubting Tinder has certainly revo...

What is CBD? CBD is short for Cannabidiol, which is one of the chemical components found in cannabis. Not being psychoactive, CBD is legal in many countries. But it’s also claimed that CBD has several health benefits. That’s why demand has been growing around the world for a few years now. Cannabis is illegal in most countries, mainly because it contains the psychoactive chemical Tetrahydrocannabi...

What is a tumour? The word tumour comes directly from the Latin word for “swelling”. A tumour appears when a group of cells multiply and form a mass. Even though some tumours are malignant, or cancerous, most are actually benign, or non-cancerous. When normal cells multiply and remain localized, there’s nothing to worry about. These can be, for example, moles or warts. Can benign tumours develop a...

What is a blockbuster? A lot of words have become so common in everyday language that we don’t even give any thought to where they came from and what they originally meant. One such word is blockbuster; a term mostly associated with the kind of eagerly-awaited films we all go to see at the cinema. But it’s also used in other areas, such as sporting events, video games or even pharmaceutical produc...

 What is intersectionality? Discrimination comes in many forms, but it’s important to remember and acknowledge that every marginalised person has their own unique experience of discrimination. Furthermore, the oppression they face may relate to a single social category, like race, class, gender, physical ability or sexual orientation for example, or it may relate to several different categories. F...