The loaf in my fridge is the furthest thing from Wonder Bread. Each slice is made of organic whole-wheat flour and has four grams of […]
Environmental Issues
When Does a High Become a Trip?
Ibogaine, a psychedelic compound found in plants native to central Africa, is notorious for the intensity of the trips it induces. Those who consume it […]
The ‘Peak Obesity’ Illusion – The Atlantic
Taken on its own, the number is astonishing. According to the CDC, as of August 2023, 40.3 percent of U.S. adults—some 100 million people—met the […]
Abortion Pills Have Changed the Post-Roe Calculus
Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. For all the upheaval that followed the overturn of Roe v. Wade, it did […]
GLP-1 Is Going the Way of Gut Health
If you had come across the abbreviation GLP-1 a few years ago, chances are you’d have had no idea what it stood for. Intro to […]
The Wellness Industry Is Manifesting a Quantum World
As a being whose body contains billions of billions of atoms, I am subject to certain rules. To walk through my front door, I first […]
The Inconvenient Truth About Vaping
These days, you can easily find vapes in flavors that include “Lush Ice,” “Blueberry Banana,” “Mango Lychee,” “Hot Fudge,” and “Fcuking Fab” (whatever that is). […]
Human Embryo Models Are Raising Deep Ethical Questions
The little clump of cells looked almost like a human embryo. Created from stem cells, without eggs, sperm, or a womb, the embryo model had […]
A Tick Is Making Farmers Allergic to Their Own Animals
When Clark Giles first heard about ticks making people allergic to meat, he found the notion so unbelievable, he considered it “hogwash.” Then, in 2022, […]
Eat Your Vegetables Like an Adult
Recently, in a few cities across the country, Starbucks quietly unveiled a pair of drinks, one resembling a pistachio milkshake, the other a mossy sludge. […]