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A Betrayal of Instinct: What Happens to Human Body When It Stops Eating

A Betrayal of Instinct: What Happens to Human Body When It Stops Eating

John Oakes on the Scientific and Biological Processes Behind Fasting

By John Oakes | February 26, 2024

Work-Life Imbalance: How the Pandemic Ruined Our Understanding of “Free” Time

Work-Life Imbalance: How the Pandemic Ruined Our Understanding of “Free” Time

Gary S. Cross Examines the Idea of Free Time in Grind Culture

By Gary S. Cross | February 19, 2024

More (And More) Meat: How Doctors Treated Diabetes Before Insulin Therapy

More (And More) Meat: How Doctors Treated Diabetes Before Insulin Therapy

Gary Taubes on the History of Diet-Based Remedies For Chronic Illness

By Gary Taubes | January 26, 2024

The Splintering of the Self: Annie Liontas on Life After Concussion

The Splintering of the Self: Annie Liontas on Life After Concussion

“I tell myself that the brain injury did not take away a self, rather it revealed many other selves heretofore unknown to me.”

By Annie Liontas | January 18, 2024

My Search for Answers in the Fringe “30 Bananas a Day” Movement

My Search for Answers in the Fringe “30 Bananas a Day” Movement

Jacqueline Alnes on the Promises of Freelee The Banana Girl and Durianrider

By Jacqueline Alnes | January 17, 2024

All the Books to Read While You’re Not Drinking During Dry January

All the Books to Read While You’re Not Drinking During Dry January

Christiana Spens Recommends F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jesmyn Ward, and More

By Christiana Spens | January 8, 2024

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How Alien We Seem: On Being Blind and Obsessed with Photography

By M. Leona Godin | January 4, 2024

Bedridden Listening: Sarah Wheeler on the Transformative Experience of Listening to Audiobooks While Ill

By Sarah Wheeler | December 18, 2023

A Vicious Cycle: Jessica Strawser on Telling and Re-Telling Traumatic Stories

By Jessica Strawser | November 29, 2023

What To Do When Your Period Comes... In Space

What To Do When Your Period Comes... In Space

Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith Consider the Mechanics of Menstruation in the Cosmos

By Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith | November 8, 2023

Whose Community Is It Anyway?

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Casey Plett on how Politicians, Media, and Corporations Co-Opt Language

By Casey Plett | November 7, 2023

Panacea or Problematic Hype?: The Uncertain Promises of Ketamine Therapy

Panacea or Problematic Hype?: The Uncertain Promises of Ketamine Therapy

Andy Mitchell on Psychedelics and the FDA's Controversial Shift in Defining Clinical Depression

By Andy Mitchell | October 25, 2023

Enough “How-To” Books: It’s Time For More “How-Come”

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What is it Really Like Inside a Sensory Deprivation Tank?

What is it Really Like Inside a Sensory Deprivation Tank?

"I am withholding the weight of my body. I am trying to forget the pressure of being."

By Athena Dixon | October 19, 2023

Where There Is No Doctor: On Navigating Motherhood and Illness

Where There Is No Doctor: On Navigating Motherhood and Illness

Diksha Basu Considers Vulnerability and Self-Diagnosis in the Age of WebMD

By Diksha Basu | October 18, 2023

How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

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