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Gossip

Published: Aug. 22, 2014, 5:45 p.m.

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It\\u2019s a regular, if not always a reliable source of news. Without gossip, cafes, bars and workplace water-coolers would often be silent. But why do so many of us feel the need to discuss other people\\u2019s lives? Gossiping\\u2019s been punished in the past, but it\\u2019s big business now and may, Mike Williams explains, even be good for us

Produced by Chris Bowlby

(Image of two girls gossiping to one another. Credit: Science photo library)

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