Not All Boredom Is the Same
Psychology suggests that boredom is a signal. Understanding its cause can help us decide how to respond.
Neurodiversity in the Clinic
Autism researcher Patrick Dwyer examines how the neurodiversity movement is influencing autism research and clinical decision-making.
A Trusted Name in a Dubious Drug Market
Amid the fraud and flimflam of early drug markets, Shakers stood for purity, creating a brand others were eager to exploit.
Equine-Assisted Therapy: But What Do the Horses Think?
An emerging critique examines the moral and cultural assumptions behind horse-based interventions.
The Missing Sense in Modern Medicine
Researchers argue routine smell testing could detect neurodegenerative disease and other health risks years earlier than current exams.
Should Yoga Be More Than Exercise?
How should Westerners studying modern postural yoga think about the religious and medical systems in which it developed?
Green Sickness, the Disease of Virgins
In the mid-seventeenth century, John Graunt, the “father of English statistics,” claimed dozens of young women in London died of green sickness every year.
The Fear of Bare, Naked Ladies’ Faces
The mask, like the veil, is seen by the anxious West as concealing a racialized female subject in need of liberation from a backward culture.
The Pharaoh’s Curse or the Pharaoh’s Cure?
A toxic fungus from King Tutankhamun’s tomb yields cancer-fighting compounds.
Toxic? But It Has a Leaf on the Label!
Is it possible to produce common household products that are sustainable and safe?