Health & Wellbeing
Medical topics, mental health, neuroscience, ADHD, neurodivergence, and wellness
#4253: How Alcohol Quietly Rewires Fear Memories
The surprising neuroscience of why a drink can silence fear — and how that opens a door to better treatments.
#4252: The Brain State That Feels Like Magic
Why the evidence for hypnosis keeps piling up while the perception stays stuck in swinging-pendulum territory.
#4249: Gender Diversity Across Millennia
Exploring transgender history across cultures and the politics of gender confirmation care.
#4247: Why Engraving Feels Like Rest to an ADHD Brain
Why a boring repetitive task restores an ADHD brain while easy unpacking destroys it.
#4234: The Overwork Trap: Why Doing More Creates More Backlog
Why working harder to clear your to-do list actually makes it worse — and what to do instead.
#4216: What Percentage of Reality Are We Missing?
Humans detect 0.0035% of light and 0.14% of sound. What else are we missing?
#4192: Is Organic Worth It for Your Toddler?
Hannah in Jerusalem asks: is organic food actually worth it for her toddler?
#4189: Why Lift 47 Breaks Your Back
Why a half-empty cardboard box can take you out when heavy lifting didn't. The hidden mechanics of back injury.
#4182: The Corner Store Loophole: Alcohol, Law & Addiction
Why corner stores can sell to visibly addicted customers—and what that does to the body.
#4172: How to Handle Chronic Badmouthing Without Making It Worse
What to actually do when someone you care about relentlessly trashes a decent family member.
#4164: The Childcare Puzzle: Who Stays and Why
Why some childcare workers thrive while others burn out—and what the science says about the skills that protect them.
#4145: Does Getting Things Done Actually Work?
Stress-testing David Allen’s GTD claims against real cognitive science. Does writing things down really free your brain?
#4141: Soul Recycling: Jewish Reincarnation Uncovered
Most Jews don't know Judaism has a reincarnation tradition. One rabbi's offhand comment reveals a hidden world.
#4134: The Neuroscience of Harm: When Empathy Has No Cure
fMRI shows real brain differences in personality disorders. Treatment barely works. What do you owe someone you can't help?
#4133: Can a Narcissistic CEO Be Diagnosed?
When Wall Street rewards what the DSM calls pathological, what are we actually diagnosing?
#4131: Perpetual Stew: Safe or Scary?
A simmering pot is self-sterilizing. Here's why the USDA says it's safe indefinitely above 140°F.
#4128: What Is It Like to Be a Sloth?
A speculative deep dive into sloth consciousness — what the world actually looks, smells, and feels like through those eyes.
#4126: The Hotel Three Miles Away
Why a hotel in your own neighborhood can beat a trip abroad for real recovery.
#4125: How to Kill a Conversation on Purpose
The art of weaponizing social awkwardness at high-achiever gatherings.
#4122: Why No AR App for Infant CPR?
A parent at 2AM needs visuals, not a PDF from 2014. Why doesn't the app exist?