The American Medical Association has been sounding alarms about cannabis health risks, and one of the physicians leading that effort is Dr. Michael Suk. As co-chair of the AMA Cannabis Task Force, Dr. Suk has spent the past year educating doctors about the ways cannabis affects the body. One condition the task force wants physicians...
Editor’s Note (Update, December 19, 2025):In the last 24 hours, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to advance the reclassification of marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance, as reported by the BBC and other major outlets. This article was initially published in September 2025. The headline...
Some people feel genuinely happier at home than anywhere else, and psychological research now offers clear explanations for why. The preference for staying in goes beyond introversion or shyness. It involves how individual brains process social interaction, how much mental energy different environments demand, and what kinds of rest actually restore a person’s capacity to...
Dick Van Dyke turns 100 on December 13, and he still goes to the gym three times a week. The man who danced across rooftops in Mary Poppins and charmed audiences in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has outlived most of his generation, and he thinks he knows why. In recent interviews and a new book...
The landscape of human sexuality keeps expanding as people find new ways to describe their experiences of attraction. Berrisexuality is one of the newer terms gaining visibility, a microlabel for people who felt that bisexual or pansexual didn’t quite capture what they were feeling. It offers something more specific for those who feel drawn to...
In October 2025, archaeologists working near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem found a pottery fragment that had been buried for nearly 3,000 years. It measured just one inch, small enough to fit on a thumbnail, and bore an Assyrian inscription. The message was surprisingly ordinary. Someone had been late paying their taxes. This ordinary complaint...
Have you ever found yourself listening to the same song on repeat for hours, days, or even weeks? That magnetic pull to hit the replay button isn’t just a quirky habit, it’s rooted in neuroscience and psychology. Whether it’s a catchy pop tune stuck in your head or a melancholic ballad that captures your current...
On October 28, Kim Kardashian appeared on Good Morning America to promote her new show All’s Fair. Robin Roberts asked about the brain aneurysm Kim had disclosed on The Kardashians. Kim confirmed getting a Prenuvo scan followed by extensive brain scans at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She told viewers to tune in to the next episode...
Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory recalled 234 candy bars on October 24, 2025, a few days before Halloween. The Ann Arbor, Michigan, company reported a temporary production and packaging error that mixed cashews and peanuts into the wrong products without proper labeling. From a single lot number, 156 Peanut Butter Crush bars and 78 Ca$hew Cow bars...
The 23-year-old Brazilian snowboarder, Claudia de Albuquerque Celada, had been in Aspen, Colorado, for three months on an exchange program. One evening in February 2024, she opened a can of spoiled soup for a quick meal and ate just a spoonful. It tasted fine. But within hours, her body began shutting down from what would...
Getting a splinter feels like being personally attacked by a piece of wood with a vendetta. One moment you’re minding your own business, and the next you’re betrayed by nature’s tiniest sword. The good news is that knowing how to remove splinters means you don’t have to suffer through the indignity any longer than necessary....
Students gathered in Pasadena on October 1, 2025, expecting to hear the legendary anthropologist speak about protecting the environment and what young people could do to change the world, but Jane Goodall had died that morning in her sleep at 91 in Los Angeles, and the cause of death was natural. Months before her death,...
