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Gossip is viewed by many as baseless trash talk – but it plays a role in creating social connection and building trust, researchers say. Rather than being a social taboo, gossip enables learning about the world indirectly through other people’s experiences. Neuroscientists at Dartmouth College, in the US state of New Hampshire, studied gossip and found it was a way.
Here s how to harness this evolutionary tool to our benefit — to connect with greater kindness and empathy after a year that brought with it so much suffering.
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This week they discuss Boris Johnson sending patrol vessels to Jersey, Donald Trump s extended Facebook ban and the reinstatement of the Atlanta police officer who was fired after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks.
Former Labour-turned-Change-UK MP Mike Gapes talks about the short life and death of the centrist breakaway group, while Eshin Jolly of Dartmouth College explains his research showing why gossip is actually good for you.
And having consumed nothing cultural in the past seven days, the team look ahead to an all-English Champions League final.