Photo©lacheev/123rf You probably already know you should move more, sleep better, and eat cleaner — but the gap between knowing and doing feels enormous. Two large studies now show that the gap is much smaller than you think. The first, published in The Lancet and...

Claudia Sheinbaum/Instagram Mexico’s Socialist President To Roll Out Universal Healthcare by Joshua Carroll, Novara Media Mexico’s 120 million citizens will begin to enjoy free, universal access to healthcare from next year, following a decree by socialist president...

Illustration courtesy Thom Hartmann As my wife Louise and I have aged, we’ve noticed that one of the biggest challenges is keeping our posture straight and our bones from getting brittle. There’s science behind this challenge, and it gives us all suggestions for...

Taylor Swift performs at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., in August 2023. Photo courtesy Stephen Mease on Unsplash, CC BY. When Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time in 2024, hauling in more than US$2 billion, it was hailed...

An ancient Roman depiction of the genius loci, the spirit of place, as a serpent from Pompeii in the first century BCE. From Marisa Panetta (ed.), Pompeji: Geschichte, Kunst, und Leben in her versunkenen Stadt, Stuttgart: Belser Verlag, 2005, p. 111. Alexander Pope,...

Photo©KasperRavlo/123rf Humans now spend the overwhelming majority of life inside buildings. Research cited in the journal Building and Environment reports that people spend up to 90% of their lives indoors — surrounded by artificial air, sealed ventilation systems...

Photo©IakovFilimonov/123rf About half of the global population menstruates at some point in their lives. Disposable products, such as tampons and pads, are some of the most popular products used around the globe to manage menstrual flow. Unfortunately, studies have...