Natural remedies might not be better – so why do we still prefer them?
People are more likely to reach for what’s ‘natural’ when treating a psychological condition, a study found – because they don’t want to affect their ‘true self’
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People are more likely to reach for what’s ‘natural’ when treating a psychological condition, a study found – because they don’t want to affect their ‘true self’
Here in deep-blue Manhattan, I know a lot of people who would indeed see “religion” as a slur.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, climate words, communication and the words we cannot say.
When I first heard someone slander Shel Silverstein’s masterpiece, The Giving Tree, I was shocked.
Opponents of public health interventions to slow the spread of COVID-19 are hyping "natural" immunity again as somehow "superior" to vaccine-acquired immunity.