A Wild New Study Sheds Light On Why Exercise Is So Good For Our BrainsIt’s no secret that regular exercise is great for the body and the brain.
“I’ve Been Eating Over 30 Plants a Week for a Year – Here’s How It’s Transformed My Gut Health”It’s become the go-to piece of gut health advice, but just how realistic is it to eat 30 plants a week every week?
New Male Contraceptives Could Be Infuriatingly Pain-Free and EasyWhy don’t women have options like that? Researchers have been hard at work on a number of male contraceptives, some of which could hit the market in the next couple of decades.
The Pill Makes Some Women Miserable. But Are They Really Quitting It en Masse?The woman in the video looks resolute, and a little sad, as she cuts up a pack of birth control pills. “These silly little pills have literally ruined me as a person,” reads the caption. The clip, which is on TikTok, has 1.1 million likes.
Seven Health Benefits of Gaining MuscleNot everybody has the same reaction to noticing a new muscle pop up on their body. Some love it: “Great, I’m getting jacked!” Some are discouraged: “Oh no, I’m getting bulky.” But everyone should know that building muscle has its benefits, beyond looks and in spite of looks.
I've been offered every job I've interviewed for. Here are 5 questions I ask interviewers.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kendal Lindstrom, 25, who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. She runs a career-change consulting firm named Doux and works in tech. She recently posted a TikTok about five questions she has ready for a job interview.
Smartphones Can Now Last 7 Years. Here’s How to Keep Them Working.Every smartphone has an expiration date. That day arrives when the software updates stop coming and you start missing out on new apps and security protections. With most phones, this used to happen after about only three years. But things are finally starting to change. The new number is seven.
No, We Aren’t All Eating “Too Much” ProteinIf you’ll permit me a rant—I promise to make it fact-filled and interesting—I am sick of the articles that seem to pop up every few months claiming that we are all eating “too much” protein.
Build full-body strength at home with this 16-minute kettlebell workoutIf you’re short on time but still want to fit in a full-body training session, this 16-minute kettlebell workout is the perfect match.
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Marijuana’s Health Effects Are About to Get a Whole Lot ClearerRescheduling weed will clear the way for scientists to study it more directly. Earlier this week, news leaked of the biggest change in federal drug policy in more than half a century.
How ‘Zionist’ became a slur on the US leftFor decades, Joe Biden has proudly declared that he is a Zionist, and he has repeated that claim since Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel.
The Psychology of Getting High—a LotFamous rapper Snoop Dogg is well known for his love of the herb: He once indicated that he inhales around five to 10 blunts per day—extreme even among chronic cannabis users.
Cancer vaccines are having a renaissanceThis article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here.
He invented a successful medical device as a student. Here's his advice for new gradsWhen he was 25 years old, Thorsten Siess, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Aachen in Germany had an idea: What if there was a way to keep the heart pumping blood during surgery or following a heart attack with a device that affixes a tiny motor to the tip of a catheter?