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Uncovering the Inner Workings of the Oceans
What comes to mind when you think of the ocean? Maybe a day at the beach — swimming in the waves, snorkeling through coral reefs, fishing, surfing, a…
2 years, 1 month ago
How Gene Therapy is Offering Hope — Once Again
For decades, the idea that you could attack genetic illnesses right at the root — that you could modify people's genes to treat or cure disease — sou…
2 years, 1 month ago
Changing Tastes
What we make for dinner, grab as a snack, or have for breakfast changes all the time — and there are some major forces at play: consumer tastes and m…
2 years, 1 month ago
Salty, Crunchy, and Addictive: A Physician's Fight Against Ultra-Processed Foods
Sugary cereals for breakfast, a protein bar as a snack, a microwave lasagna for lunch, and a frozen pizza for dinner sounds like a teenager's dream d…
2 years, 1 month ago
Getting Better at Resolving Conflicts
In March of 2022, the war in Ukraine was weighing heavily on Fabian Falch, a Norwegian tech entrepreneur. The Russian government had started to censo…
2 years, 2 months ago
Why Rejection Hurts So Much — And How to Cope
Rejection, or even the thought of it, can strike fear into our hearts, and leave a bad taste in our mouths. It often leads to a mix of sadness, shame…
2 years, 2 months ago
How We Talk About Death
For most of the big moments in life, we have rituals — proposals, weddings, births, graduations, and anniversaries. We know how to talk about them, h…
2 years, 2 months ago
How UFOs Went from Fringe to Mainstream
Flying saucers, little green men, and the X-Files — for years, that's what most people associated with unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. They wer…
2 years, 2 months ago
Shame and Blame: How Stigma Impacts Health
Dealing with a serious or chronic health condition is hard enough — but what happens when that condition comes with moral judgment? That's the case f…
2 years, 2 months ago
How Science is Transforming Weight Loss
Most of us have been there — feeling our jeans get tighter, watching the numbers on the scale creep up, declaring that this time we're going to lose …
2 years, 3 months ago