Touched
We ride a stream of naked neurons, stripped of their sheaths, to the most blissful moments and deepest intimacies of life
Billionaires say they’ll end disease: evolution says otherwise
In evolution, nothing comes for free. Stress can both trigger creativity and compound a raft of chronic maladies. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | photo: Jeff Chiu/AP/REX In late 2016, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledged to [...]
Why male couples should think about HIV in their relationships
Being in a relationship can make you feel like you are in a protective bubble. Male couple holding hands | source: Eric Gay/AP Rob Stephenson, University of Michigan In a relationship there are myriad issues to manage. Who walks the [...]
How the 24-hour society is stealing time from the night
The great circadian disruption through which we have lived since the invention of the electric light is bad for our physical and mental health. Lenore Edman/Flickr Burmese monks know that it is time to get up when it is light enough [...]
The limit of labels: ethical food is more than consumer choice
Food is no longer simply a matter of taste or convenience. Our food choices have become ethical and political issues. Christopher Mayes, University of Sydney Over the past hundred years, industrial agriculture and the globalised food system have produced cheaper, [...]
Ageing out of drugs
Most addicts just stop using in time, without needing costly treatment. Why do some people walk away while others can’t? ‘I’m at the point in my life where I’ve been doing this 20 years or so. [It’s been] probably 22, [...]
How people with sports addiction are like drug addicts
The effects are not understood nor widely recognised, as the social perception of sports addiction differs significantly from other types of addiction. Participation in sports is a highly visible aspect of 21st-century life, with a normative dimension. Sport benefits health, [...]
Is it OK to have a beer after exercise?
Moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to be protective overall, rather than harmful. Philip J Atherton, University of Nottingham and Matthew Brook, University of Nottingham People take up running, and other types of exercise, mainly to get fit and lose [...]