We Need a New Way to Think About Extreme HeatYour inbox is your home page, and The New Republic makes it smarter. Sign up now for your free newsletter. By now, we’ve all heard the stories of tragic heat accidents and deaths. The hiker couple, their 1-year-old baby, and their dog—all dead of… Aug 03 23August 03, 2023Article at The New Republic
If Loneliness Is an Epidemic, How Do We Treat It?Ms. Cummins is a journalist and an adjunct professor in New York University’s science, health and environmental reporting program. Mr. Zaleski is a journalist who covers science, technology and business. Stephanie Cacioppo thought she would be single… Jul 14 23July 14, 2023Article at The New York Times
Indoor Air Quality is the Next Big Climate WorryYour inbox is your home page, and The New Republic makes it smarter. Sign up now to receive our free newsletters. The climate crisis once appeared confined to the great outdoors: rising oceans, bracing wildfires, and surging temperatures. So too were… Jun 19 23June 19, 2023Article at The New Republic
We’re All Bad Neighbors NowYour inbox is your home page, and The New Republic makes it smarter. Sign up now to receive our free newsletters. The limits of self-defense and the nature of vigilantism are both perennial American debate topics, but this spring, they boomed louder… Jun 06 23June 06, 2023Article at The New Republic
Medical Mysteries Are the New True CrimeYour inbox is your home page, and The New Republic makes it smarter. Sign up now to receive our free newsletters. You know the plot: There’s a body. The authorities bungle the case. Those close to the victim are divided about what really happened;… May 11 23May 11, 2023Article at The New Republic
Bored of Hot Takes in a Burning WorldBeneath my powder-pink blindfold, I couldn’t help but roll my eyes. It was a chilly afternoon in January, and I had just arrived at my first sensory deprivation party—ominously titled “Games People Play,” per the sparse Parti.ful invitation. I had a… Mar 16 23March 16, 2023Article at The New Republic
The Myth of the Psychopathic Personality Refuses to DiePhilosophers have grappled with the nature of evil for thousands of years, but these days, immorality can feel like a solved problem. Take the case of Bryan Kohberger, the prime suspect in a quadruple homicide near the University of Idaho whose… Feb 21 23February 21, 2023Article at WIRED
What to Read to Come to Terms With DeathThese titles can help us accept our limitations and live full lives. Everyone lives with a shared burden: Inevitably, each of us will die, and so will the people we love. It’s easy enough to ignore when you’re young or healthy, but anxious questions… Feb 21 23February 21, 2023Article at The Atlantic
The Future of Weight Loss Looks a Lot Like Its PastA revolution in weight loss is apparently underway. It started in 2021, when the FDA approved the diabetes drug semaglutide for weight loss. The weekly injectable—sold under the brand name Wegovy—can help users lose 5 to 10 percent of their body… Feb 15 23February 15, 2023Article at WIRED
In a post-Dobbs world, pathologists who study pregnancy loss walk a thin line between medicine and the lawhen Mana Parast examines a placenta, she knows she may never find the answers she seeks. She’s hunting for clues — strips of dead tissue that signal autoimmune disease, white blood cells in the lining of the umbilical cord that point to an infection,… Jan 19 23January 19, 2023Article at STAT News
How Did Yoga Get So Damn Expensive?Rent, health insurance, and HVAC are all foregone conclusions. But there’s one payment I find myself reconsidering each month: the $175 that grants me unlimited access to my neighborhood yoga studio, fairy lights, hardwood floors, centering vibes,… Jan 15 23January 15, 2023Article at Slate Magazine
Eight Self-Help Books That Actually HelpThese titles are challenging where others are pandering, and open-minded where others are prescriptive. Any book can be a self-help book, depending on how it’s read. Political pamphlets, epic poems, and contemporary novels can all offer insight into… Jan 03 23January 03, 2023Article at The Atlantic
Empathy in the Age of AIIf you think your dog loves you, you’re a fool. If you feel a kinship with a tree, you’re a hippie. And if you over-empathize with a wild animal, you must be wearing cheetah prints and a flower crown, because you are Carole Baskin. The imperative to… Dec 19 22December 19, 2022Article at WIRED
After decades of setbacks, scientists make strides toward the holy grail of male birth controlhe headlines spelled the end of a short-lived scientific hope: “Male birth control study nixed after men can’t handle side effects women face daily,” USA Today announced. “Men Back Out of Male Birth Control Study Because They Couldn’t Handle the… Nov 16 22November 16, 2022Article at STAT News
One Man’s Quest to Build the Perfect Near-Death SimulationWhy should the benefits of dying be limited to the dead (or nearly dead)? That’s the question that Mel Slater hasn’t been able to get out of his head. Slater, a distinguished investigator in clinical psychology at the University of Barcelona, had… Oct 30 22October 30, 2022Article at Daily Beast
Symptom ScrollingOn TikTok, videos about Hashimoto’s disease, a thyroid disorder, are racking up hundreds of millions of views—and turning it into a brand Reading Time: 4 minutes Stella Aubert knows the secret to healing Hashimoto’s. The New Mexico–based chiropractor… Oct 15 22October 15, 2022Article at Air Mail
When Algorithms Promote Self-Harm, Who Is Held Responsible?When 14-year-old Molly Russell died in 2017, her cell phone contained graphic images of self-harm, an email roundup of “depression pins you might like,” and advice on concealing mental illness from loved ones. Investigators initially ruled the… Oct 14 22October 14, 2022Article at WIRED
This Time Capsule of Famous Writers’ Unseen Work Will Grow in Norway for a Century. What Does It Tell Us About the Anthropocene?On a sweater-weather Saturday in June, a crowd of several hundred gathered at a trailhead near the Line 1 rapid transit out of Oslo. The scruffy grad students, smiling parents, and snowsuit-wearing toddlers had made the 45-minute trek from the… Oct 14 22October 14, 2022Article at The New Republic
Will self-driving cars make police chases a thing of the past?THE BRAND-NEW Ford DeLuxe Fordor that Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow plucked from a Topeka, Kansas, driveway in 1934 was top-shelf: Cordoba gray paint, a big chrome grill, and a sumptuous leather interior. But what really attracted the car-savvy bank… Oct 06 22October 06, 2022Article at Popular Science
Inside one of the world’s first human composting facilitiesRachel Gerberding has a green thumb. So when her mother died this April, Gerberding decided to compost her. Gerberding, who lives in Washington state in a house surrounded by flowers, had heard about a newly legal method to turn human remains into… Oct 03 22October 03, 2022Article at The Verge
