Tag: health
How to be more eco-friendly in the home
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Over recent years, it’s safe to say that people have become a lot more aware of environmental issues, and more and...
3 moral reasons why parents need to get their children vaccinated...
Joel Michael Reynolds, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The U.S. hit a terrible and entirely preventable milestone this week: Measles cases are at a 25-year high....
Diets can do more than help you lose weight – they...
Adrienne Rose Bitar, Cornell University
Fad diets have long been brushed off as selfish, superficial quests to lose weight.
But if you study the actual content...
Spending too much time on your phone? Behavioral science has an...
Ashley Whillans, Harvard Business School
We’re squandering increasing amounts of time distracted by our phones. And that’s taking a serious toll on our mental and...
Meet the foodies who are changing the way Americans eat
Joshua T. Beck, University of Oregon and Brandon Reich, University of Oregon
As residents of idyllic Eugene, Oregon, with its culture of local food, we...
Yoga isn’t timeless: it’s changing to meet contemporary needs
Jeremy David Engels, Pennsylvania State University
On June 21, on International Yoga Day, people will take out their yoga mats and practice sun salutations or...
3 vital ways to measure how much a university education is...
Mark S. Schlissel, University of Michigan; Michael H. Schill, University of Oregon, and Michael V. Drake, The Ohio State University
Editor’s note: Today we begin...
A history of loneliness
Amelia S. Worsley, Amherst College
Is loneliness our modern malaise?
Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says the most common pathology he saw during his years...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
