Physiological aspects

The Undiscovered Country

By Will Stephenson,

Can suicide be predicted?

From a study titled “Modelling the maximal active consumption rate and its plasticity in humans—perspectives from hot dog eating competitions,” which was published last summer in Royal Society Biology Letters.…

Lost in Thought

By David Kortava,

The psychological risks of meditation

Francophony

By Nicoletta Beschin, Angela de Bruin, Sergio Della Sala,

From a paper by Nicoletta Beschin, Angela de Bruin, and Sergio Della Sala that was published in the August 2016 issue of the scientific journal Cortex. Read More

Aspirational Brand

From a patient guide to the AspireAssist, a weight-loss device that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in June. Read More

[Untitled]

By Darrel Ress,

The Bed-Rest Hoax

By Alexandra Kleeman,

The case against a venerable pregnancy treatment

On Free Will

By Edward O. Wilson,

And how the brain is like a colony of ants

Starving Your Way to Vigor

By Steve Hendricks,

The benefits of an empty stomach

The woman who felt no fear

By Justin S. Feinstein,

The Undiscovered Country

Chow Hounds

Lost in Thought

Francophony

Aspirational Brand

[Untitled]

The Bed-Rest Hoax

On Free Will

Starving Your Way to Vigor

The woman who felt no fear

Weightless

Physiological aspects

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The Undiscovered Country

Chow Hounds

Lost in Thought

Francophony

Aspirational Brand

[Untitled]

The Bed-Rest Hoax

On Free Will

Starving Your Way to Vigor

The woman who felt no fear

Weightless