What looks like another TikTok trend about people finding new reasons to be disgusted about their food may be rooted in more than eliciting views and likes from drama or ragebait reactions. Psychologists who study smell and taste have shown that our senses play a direct role in shaping what we eat and our broader...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nations body that coordinates the world’s largest scientific assessment of climate science – is currently in its seventh assessment cycle, working toward new reports that will define our understanding of global conditions well into the century. The IPCC does not make predictions. It outlines what science tells...
Picture this: you’ve been promising the kids a Disney trip for two years. You’ve saved up, mapped out the dates, started mentally rehearsing the look on their faces when they see the castle. Then you sit down to actually price it out – and the total on your screen makes you blink twice. You’re not...
On Tuesday, April 22, 2026, the Pentagon ended its decades-long requirement that all U.S. military personnel receive an annual flu vaccine. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military will no longer require all American troops to get the flu vaccine, citing “medical autonomy” and religious freedom. A memorandum signed by Hegseth on Monday...
News of an anxiety medication recall has raised concern among patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers across the United States. For many people, medications used to manage anxiety are part of daily life. They help reduce panic, stabilize mood, and allow individuals to function more comfortably in high-stress situations. So, when a widely used prescription drug...
Dr. Rhonda Patrick, biomedical scientist and host of the widely followed FoundMyFitness podcast, went on record in early 2025 warning people to stop handling paper receipts whenever possible. Her reason was direct: thermal paper receipts are loaded with bisphenol A, better known as BPA, a chemical that transfers easily to the skin and enters the bloodstream without...
Most mornings, you get up, get going, and push through. That persistent fatigue, the low mood that’s hard to shake, the joints that ache a little more than they used to – you file it all under “just getting older.” But what if a single, measurable deficiency were quietly amplifying every one of those symptoms?...
Space is big. Disturbingly big. And most of the time, it goes about its business without us paying much attention. But every so often, something out there catches scientists’ eyes in a way that stops the room. Asteroid Bennu is one of those things. It’s a rocky, spinning lump about 1,610 feet wide – roughly...
Nutritional researchers have long assumed that fresh always beats frozen when it comes to the quality of our food. For blueberries, at least, the evidence says otherwise. Multiple lines of research – including work by Lohachoompol, Srzednicki, and Craske published in the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology and a separate study out of South Dakota State University...
Certified trainer Chris Freytag has spent more than 35 years in the fitness industry, coaching women through the physical changes that come with midlife. She started as a journalist by degree before becoming a certified health coach, personal trainer, and group fitness instructor, and has spent 35 years helping hundreds of thousands of women move...
Every month, millions of homeowners stare at their electricity bill with the same frustrated question: Where is all this money going? Between 2021 and 2024, the average monthly electric bill climbed by $22, adding $264 annually to household expenses. Residential electricity rates jumped 13% from 2022 to 2025. Most people point to the big stuff...
Donald Trump has always treated food as part of his public character. He does not sell discipline, restraint, or tidy moderation. He sells appetite, instinct, and the swagger of a man who refuses to be scolded. That image was already familiar before Dr. Mehmet Oz added a fresh story to the pile. On Donald Trump...
