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Are You Gaslighting Yourself? Here’s How to Tell
The word “gaslighting” has caught fire in the past few years. It's deployed during fights with romantic partners, between family members, and across the Internet. Gaslighting occurs when someone...
White House Deal Lowers Prices of Weight-Loss Drugs
The Brief November 7, 2025How Democrats plan to pivot to midterms, a White House deal lowers prices of weight-loss drugs, and moreSkip backward 15 secondsLength:LongSpeed:1.0xSkip forward 15 secondsPresident Trump...
8 Ways to Stay Healthy As You Age
Most people might not have heard of the Framingham Heart Study. But the massive public-health research effort, now in its 77th year of conducting in-depth analysis of more than...
How to Make Active Shooter Drills Less Traumatizing
When the Snowflake-Taylor police department in the high desert of Arizona conducted an active shooter drill at Snowflake High School in October 2024, students didn’t take it seriously, says...
Computer Chips in Our Bodies Could Be the Future of Medicine
The Brief November 6, 2025Flight cuts to hit 40 busiest U.S. airports due to government shutdown, computer chips in our bodies could be the future of medicine, and morePodcast...
What Happens to the Plastic in Single-Serve Coffee Pods?
Each morning, millions of Americans press a single button for a hot cup of coffee. As much as they enjoy the instant comfort, it may have hidden health costs....
7 Polite Phrases That Are Still Worth Saying
May we borrow a moment of your time to review basic niceties? You might think you’ve heard them all before—because you have—but certain polite lingo is dropping out of...
6 Migraine Symptoms That Aren’t Headaches
Nearly 40 million people in the U.S. suffer from migraines, making the painful disorder one of the most common that neurologists treat. It’s also among the most confusing. Because...
How to Read Facial Expressions, and Why We Get Them Wrong
You prepared thoroughly for a presentation at work, and now you’re dropping wisdom to a packed room. Much as you expected, your colleagues appear wowed and fascinated—except for a...
Your Gut Could Be Affecting Your Mood
For years, mental health was seen as something that started and ended in the brain. But an expanding field of research is revealing a key player in the story...
