Biohackers With Diabetes Are Making Their Own Insulin

Diabetes is a punishingly expensive disease. In an Oakland warehouse, scientists are going DIY.

Elemental

A mutated virus, anti-vaxxers and a vulnerable population: how polio returned to the US

In July, a young man in the New York area was diagnosed with polio – how did a disease America snuffed out in the 70s rebound?

The Guardian

More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work?

Scientists are split over whether the benefits some microdosers experience are a placebo effect or something more.

The New York Times

The New York Times
How to Save Yourself From ‘Task Paralysis’
How to Get More Men to Try Therapy
How to Know if You Have a Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s
How to Tell the Difference Between Regular Distraction and A.D.H.D.
Antidepressants Don’t Work the Way Many People Think
A Beginner’s Guide to the Rowing Machine
Taking the Magic Out of Magic Mushrooms
How Delta-8 THC Works — and Why Experts Are Worried About It
Make Swimming Your Summer Workout
More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work?
What to Look for in a Physical Therapist

Elemental
Scientists Are Discovering How Trauma Can Be Inherited
Every Episode of ‘Goop Lab,’ Graded for Scientific Legitimacy
I Made the U.S. Dietary Supplement Law. I Think It Needs to Be Rewritten.
What Exercise Can—and Can’t—Do for Your Mental Health
The Not-So-Hidden Secret That Scientists Experiment on Themselves
In Some Surgeries, Hypnosis Is the New General Anesthesia
Here’s How Nicotine Affects Your Brain
Wait, What Is in a Tampon?
Do Screens Really Stunt Kids’ Brains?
What to Eat When You’re Depressed
Fecal Transplant Death Mystery Solved
Holding Hands Is Natural Pain Relief
What to Know About Men, Marijuana, and Miscarriage
Modern Living Is Giving Us Bad Eyesight
How to Feel Better When You Have the Flu
Will Banning Flavors Help the E-Cigarette Problem?
The Next Frontier of Microbiome Transplants May Be the Vagina
The Science of Masturbation
Do You Really Need to Worry about Endocrine Disruptors?
Shocking the Brain to Treat the Stomach
When the DNA Test Reveals Too Much
The Lowdown on At-Home DNA Testing, According to Genetic Counselors
At Risk for Dementia? A Healthy Lifestyle Can Disrupt Those Genetics
Biohackers With Diabetes Are Making Their Own Insulin
Meet the World’s Most Bio-Tracked Man
Is Activated Charcoal Messing With Your Medications?
UTI Treatment Is in Crisis
This Is What Exercise Does to Your Brain
The Self-Care Paradox
A Chemists’ Guide to Skincare That Works
This Company Wants to Help Women Hack Their Fertility
The Party Drug That Could Help Stop Depression
The Case for CRISPR Babies
Brain Stimulation Is the Future of Medicine
What Exactly Is Cancer Immunotherapy?
How Juul Exploited Teens’ Brains to Hook Them on Nicotine

Scientific American
AI Learns What an Infant Knows about the Physical World
A 630-Billion-Word Internet Analysis Shows ‘People’ Is Interpreted as ‘Men’
Where Are Genitals Represented in the Brain?
Infants as Young as Two Months May Be Able to Detect Faces and Scenes
No Bones about It: People Recognize Objects by Visualizing Their “Skeletons”
An AI System Spontaneously Develops Baby-Like Ability to Gauge Big and Small
Anti-Aging Discovery Could Lead to Restorative Skin Treatments
The Wisdom of Crowds Requires the Political Left and Right to Work Together
Susceptibility to Mental Illness May Have Helped Humans Adapt over the Millennia
New App Uses Sonar to Detect Opioid Overdoses
More Than a Third of Female Suicides Are Committed by Indian Women
Neuroscientists Make a Case against Solitary Confinement
How Marijuana Harms a Developing Baby’s Brain
Big Data Gives the “Big 5” Personality Traits a Makeover
An Entirely New Type of Antidepressant Targets Postpartum Depression
Global Warming Linked to Higher Suicide Rates across North America
The Placenta Is Now a Suspect In Heightening Schizophrenia Risk
Daydreaming May Help You Become More Socially Adept
At What Age Does Our Ability to Learn a New Language Like a Native Speaker Disappear?
Sound Awake: “Noisy” Neurons May Repeatedly Disrupt Your Sleep
Brain “Pacemaker” Could Help You Remember Only What You Might Forget
How to Hack an Intelligent Machine
Parents in a Remote Amazon Village Barely Talk to Their Babies—and the Kids Are Fine
Meet the Spiders That Completely Defy What We Know as Jet Lag

Popular Science
Finding the World's Super Poopers Could Save a Lot of Butts
Too Impatient to Meditate? A Mild Shock to the Scalp Could Help
Lack of Sleep Looks the Same as Severe Anxiety in the Brain
As Summers Get Hotter, Death Tolls Will Rise
Why Do We Think Tiny Things Are Cute?
Why Are Some Athletes Able to Compete into Their 40s?
New Tech Could Soon Let You Test Whether Your Lettuce Carries E. Coli
Pro Basketball Players' Synchronous Movements Might Help Us Predict the Next NBA Champ

The Guardian
A Mutated Virus, Anti-Vaxxers and a Vulnerable Population: How Polio Returned to the US
This Is What Candy Crush Does to Your Brain
Spending More Time in the Dark Could Boost Hearing in Old Age
Cannabis and Memory Loss: Dude, Where's my CBD?
Drug Use, Decision-Making and the Blunders of Rob Ford
Are Oreos Really as Addictive as Cocaine?

New Scientist
Beyond Tired: Why Fatigue Sets In and How To Tackle It
Changing US Abortion Laws Could Dangerously Restrict Miscarriage Care
What Is at Risk if Roe v Wade Is Repealed in the US?
How Repealing Roe v Wade in the US Will Lead to More Women’s Deaths

The Atlantic
Humans Can Smell 1 Trillion Scents
How a Pregnant Mother's Diet Could Change a Child's Brain
Anxiety About Certain Things Can Be Hereditary
Why Spend a Billion Dollars to Map the Human Brain?

Bustle
All Your Burning Questions About Mark Cuban’s Online Pharmacy, Answered
So You’re Having A Medication Abortion
I’m on Two Mental Health Medications and I Only Love One”
I Was All For Medicating Mental Health Issues — Just Not For Me”

Hothouse Solutions
How to Envelop Your Home
What’s Old Is New Again
Should Air Conditioning Be a Human Right?
Extreme Heat Is Here. Can We Adapt?

KQED
New Diabetes Monitors Require Fewer Pricks, Less Guessing
Before You Try the Ketogenic Diet, Read This
Capturing the Sound of Depression in the Human Voice
Blood From Young People May Be a Secret to Fighting Aging

Vice
Can I Give My Dog CBD?
Some People Are Specifically Anxious About Talking on the Phone
This Is What Eating the Hottest Pepper on Earth Will Do to Your Body

Leaps
Can Genetic Testing Help Shed Light on the Autism Epidemic?
This App Helps Diagnose Rare Genetic Disorders from a Picture
Why Blindness Will Be the First Disorder Cured by Futuristic Treatments

Fast Company
Why This Startup Is Encouraging Employees to Microdose Psychedelics at Work
The Business of Fasting

Discover
Heads Up: Female Soccer Players More Prone to Brain Damage Than Males
Blind Sight: The Next Generation of Sensory Substitution Technology

STAT
Mental Health Apps Are Scooping Up Your Most Sensitive Data. Will You Benefit?

MIT Technology Review
How to Mend Your Broken Pandemic Brain

Daily Beast
How to Make a Perfect Tune for an Acid Trip

Undark
Scientists and Journalists Square Off Over Covering Science and ‘Getting it Right’

Lifehacker
The Truth About Electrical Brain Stimulation

Pacific Standard
Hallucinogens, Starvation, and Magnets: A New Cure for Depression?

The Lily
How Far Are We from More Options for Male Birth Control?

Romper
A Moment-by-Moment Guide To Everything That Happens During A C-Section

Men’s Health
How 3 Everyday Situations Really Affect Your Heart

Medscape
What Doctors Need to Know About the Activated Charcoal Trend