Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed(scientificamerican.com)

692 points by headalgorithm 1 year ago | 802 comments

Scientific American podcast episode on how to cope with outrage fatigue and stay informed without burning out amid overwhelming news.

Penguins Help to Map Antarctica's Growing Mercury Threat(scientificamerican.com)

9 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 1 comments

Nanotini – smallest pasta makes a good bandage(scientificamerican.com)

3 points by utiiiD 1 year ago | 0 comments

Serenading Cells with Audible Sound Alters Gene Activity(scientificamerican.com)

20 points by Bluestein 1 year ago | 5 comments

The Curious History of Venn Diagrams(scientificamerican.com)

24 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 2 comments

Why Aren't We Losing Our Minds over the Plastic in Our Brains?(scientificamerican.com)

75 points by mikhael 1 year ago | 75 comments

Back and shoulder surgery is often worse than useless(economist.com)

89 points by burntcaramel 1 month ago | 83 comments

An Economist leader article arguing that many back and shoulder surgeries are ineffective or harmful compared with alternatives.

It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis(thetimes.com)

375 points by shoggouth 2 years ago | 146 comments

Times article profiling Simon Westbrook, a former Pfizer scientist who spent his redundancy money and 14 years developing an osteoarthritis treatment.

We’re all just temporarily abled(blog.jim-nielsen.com)

793 points by imadj 3 years ago | 447 comments

Jim Nielsen's blog post reflecting on a knee injury and the idea that everyone is only temporarily abled, relating it to accessibility.

Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds (2014)(apa.org)

550 points by bilsbie 5 months ago | 216 comments

Archived 2014 American Psychological Association press release on a study finding that walking boosts creative thinking compared with sitting.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

We’re secretly winning the war on cancer(vox.com)

365 points by lr0 1 year ago | 161 comments

Vox Future Perfect article by Bryan Walsh arguing that falling cancer death rates reflect quiet advances like reduced smoking and immunotherapy.