While high fructose corn syrup (usually a blend of fructose and glucose) was a ubiquitous food ingredient, it now has a bad reputation. For example, the bottle of syrup I used on my pancakes proudly proclaims, “no high fructose corn syrup!” As consumers turned against high fructose corn syrup, the Corn Refiners Association tried to get the…
Misinformation doesn’t fool us because we’re careless—it exploits how the brain is built. A five-minute daily practice can train a mind to catch manipulation before it takes hold.
Early attachments set the stage for future relationships, but their role in development goes far beyond that.
Beyond politics, the tradwife movement reveals how archetypes and personal and cultural complexes shape both our choices and our reactions.
One question changed how I understood my job in the ER. It took becoming a patient myself to realize what I’d never thought to ask it.
As long as kratom is easily available, the number of Americans suffering from opioid use disorder is likely to keep rising.
“There is no pit you cannot climb out of provided you make the right effort at the right place… do the next thing with diligence and devotion.” In recent seasons of being, I have had occasion to reflect on the utterly improbable trajectory of my life, plotted not by planning but by living. We long…
While I am a fan of fantasy, I’ve only seen a few episodes of the original Game of Thrones and its spinoffs. One reason for this was and is practical: streaming services are expensive. I also resisted watching the series because some of my friends gushed about the grittiness and were enthused over the evil…
Wondering when should I seek counselling? Recognise common signs, understand what support offers, and take a gentle first step at your own pace today.
“If the doors of perception were cleansed,” William Blake wrote, “everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” But we are finite creatures, in time and in space, and there is a limit to how much reality we can bear — evolution gave us consciousness so that we may sieve the salient from the…
