Health & Wellbeing
Medical topics, mental health, neuroscience, ADHD, neurodivergence, and wellness
#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?
#4119: Guilt as a Feature: How Judaism Processes Failure
Is guilt a feature or a bug in religious systems? One tradition has a built-in protocol for processing failure.
#4118: When Thoughts Feel Like Facts: Ego-Syntonic Thinking Explained
Why some people can't see their own catastrophic thoughts as distortions — and what that means for therapy.
#4117: Understanding Egosyntonic: Why Explanations Fail with Personality Disorders
What if the person you're trying to reach literally can't see their own behavior? One word explains why.
#4110: Mental Parking Spots: Systems vs. Improvisation
Why some brains need apps to think, and others just remember.
#4109: Where Busyness Tips Into Burnout
What the research says about the line between enjoyably productive and dangerously overloaded.
#4105: How Your Brainstem Can Learn a Wrong Pattern After Surgery
Bloating after gallbladder surgery isn't always gas. It's often a brainstem coordination problem called abdominophrenic dyssynergia.
#4101: What Actually Happens to Your Lungs During Hard Exercise
Why elite athletes get chest tightness after running — and why the old treatment advice has changed.
#4100: Can ADHD Drugs Be Heart-Safe?
Stimulants work for ADHD but strain the heart. Can we separate the benefits from the risks?