Oct 11, 2023 03:44 am UTC| Health
A fresh approach to preventive care is overdue to make health outcomes more fair. Inequities based on racialization, income and gender mean that we need to urgently change the way care is provided. Lives hang in the...
Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won't harm your health in the long term
Oct 11, 2023 03:42 am UTC| Health
Everyone has a different tolerance for spicy food some love the burn, while others cant take the heat. But the scientific consensus on whether spicy food can have an effect positive or negative on your health is pretty...
How loneliness changes the way our brains process the world
Oct 11, 2023 03:38 am UTC| Health
If theres one thing we as humans seem to have in common, its that most of us have felt lonely at one time or another. But is the pain that comes with feeling socially isolated simply a part of being human? Why does the...
What's insomnia like for most people who can't sleep? You'd never know from the movies
Oct 11, 2023 03:36 am UTC| Health
This article is part of The Conversations six-part series on insomnia, which charts the rise of insomnia during industrialisation to sleep apps today. Read the first article in the series here. Hollywood appears...
Oct 10, 2023 07:41 am UTC| Health
No one is born with the ability to ride a skateboard, surf or even stand on their tiptoes. Unlike other mammals, human beings have no balance at birth virtually no capacity to walk or even stand. Before that can happen,...
A short history of insomnia and how we became obsessed with sleep
Oct 10, 2023 07:35 am UTC| Health
French author Marie Darrieussecq writes in her 2023 memoir Sleepless: The world is divided into those who can sleep and those who cant. Its a big call. But insomnia is a well-recorded preoccupation in history. It...
You've heard of long COVID, but did you know there might also be a long cold?
Oct 09, 2023 13:05 pm UTC| Health
At least 10% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, have symptoms that last more than four weeks after the infection. With more than 770 million infections to date, this translates to tens of...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects