The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck author explains why comforts & highs are not the same thing as happiness.

A growing movement is trying to turn energy directly into food — reviving an old dream of escaping the violence and inefficiency of eating.

DM Good morning. What are the basic types, forms or taxonomy of human emotions? Good morning. A question that sits at the intersection of evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and philosophy — exactly the kind of terrain worth mapping carefully. There's no settled consensus, but several frameworks have earned serious traction: The Basic/Primary Emotions tradition traces to Darwin and was systematized most influentially by Paul Ekman, who identified six cross-culturally universa

Patients are getting stuck in the emergency department for days while waiting for a spot in an inpatient ward.

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A trip to the emergency room helped me realize my generation is in trouble—and that we can’t give in to defeatism about our chronic health issues

The number of octogenarians is growing and they have big ideas for spending, healthcare and housing

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Everyone’s DNA keeps mutating. Could correcting those errors lead to longevity?

Long hours on the job can temporarily ease the symptoms of depression and anxiety. But you’re better off leaving the office and facing your feelings head-on.

Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and what doctors probably want you to know

As more states legalize recreational marijuana use, here’s what the research says about what cannabis is really doing to your brain.

When applied blindly, resilience can do real harm to our health and our ability to change broken systems.

In just six months, a team at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine designed a personalized therapy that could correct the single misspelled letter in KJ’s DNA using a gene editing technology known as CRISPR. To get the therapy inside KJ’s cells, doctors relied on the same kind of mRNA technology that powered the Covid-19 vaccines. He received his first dose at 6 months old. One year later, KJ is walking, talking and thriving at home with his family.

CAR-T cell therapy, originally developed for cancer, is showing ever more promise as a treatment for autoimmune diseases.

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