Money worries don’t just keep you up at night; they may leave a lasting mark on your brain. A new study tracking people born in 1946 found that decades of financial hardship were linked to worse memory and thinking skills by age 53, and greater brain shrinkage by their early 70s.

Jacques Wels, one of the study’s authors, suggests that chronic stress may drive inflammation, which accelerates brain ageing. This is further evidence that financial hardship deserves to be treated as a public health issue, not just an economic one.

We also take a fascinating look at the history of deadly fashion trends, from arsenic-laced ballgowns to organ-crushing corsets.

And as the UK drought continues, it’s becoming apparent that the future security of food crops are a major concern.