To stop the opioid epidemic, the White House should embrace prevention
The White House has laid out a plan to address the opioid crisis. But people suffering from opioid addiction aren’t the only ones who need help.
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Stephen Hawking as accidental ambassador for assistive technologies
You can probably hear Hawking’s famously computer-generated voice in your head. His example showed tech as a tool that enables people with disabilities to fully participate in and contribute to the world.
Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many ways besides climate change
The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation.
Moving exoskeletons from sci‑fi into medical rehabilitation and therapy
Stroke patients need therapy to recover, but there are not enough human therapists to meet the need. Can robots help?
Digital mental health drug raises troubling questions
Digital health devices have become invaluable tools for improving human health. However, could a pill carrying an inbuilt sensor dehumanize patients, reducing them to a digital readout?
We don’t need to double world food production by 2050 – here’s why
According to widely-cited estimates, world food production must double by 2050 to keep up with population growth. New research challenges this target and calls for balancing growth with conservation.
Gorilla’s death calls for human responsibility, not animal personhood
The death of Harambe the gorilla has sparked outrage and raised questions over the adequacy of zoos, but protecting some animals through legal personhood is flawed and dangerous, says legal scholar.
How cult leaders like Charles Manson exploit a basic psychological need
What makes cults so attractive to their followers?
Creative arts therapy programs can help health care workers dance, write and draw their way through burnout and on‑the‑job stress
Long before the pandemic, health care workers were experiencing high levels of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue, all of which contribute to reduced quality of care for patients.
Increased deaths and illnesses from inhaling airborne dust: An understudied impact of climate change
New research projects that climate change could greatly increase airborne dust levels in the southwestern US, causing higher hospital admissions and premature deaths from heart and lung ailments.
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