Photograph by Detkov D
Photograph by Detkov D
 
WHAT WE FOUND
A medieval physician tending to a patient in an ornate garden
Medieval Mental Health
You’d assume medieval doctors had zero clue about mental health, exorcisms and all that. Not quite. Alongside the saffron and ostrich liver, physicians back then were prescribing gardens, music, pets, and cheerful books for genuine emotional distress, and warning that overwork could break a person down. Anxiety wasn’t invented in the last decade. The Middle Ages just treated it more holistically than you’d expect. What the doctor ordered. ›
The New York skyline with a beam of memorial light
The 9/11 Disasters Still Shape People’s Health 25 Years Later
Twenty-five years later, the health effects of September 11 are still unfolding. Over 154,000 responders, cleanup workers, and nearby residents remain enrolled in an ongoing federal health program, and many are now facing new struggles as they age, cardiovascular disease compounding old lung damage, retirement stripping away the routine that once helped them cope. It’s a reminder that some disasters never really end on the day they happened. The continued impact. ›
 
MORE GOOD STUFF
Illustration of sound waves being analysed by an AI system
Listening for Schizophrenia: How AI Could Help With Early Diagnosis
Schizophrenia is notoriously hard to diagnose early, but the way people talk, with longer pauses and thoughts that drift off topic can give it away. One AI spotted it in transcripts with 87% accuracy. Human clinicians? Just 68%. What the machine hears. ›
Playing cards and poker chips on a green felt table
7 Everyday Phrases That Originated From Gambling
“Dark horse.” “Double down.” You’ve almost certainly said or heard at least one of these this week. Seven phrases we borrowed from the gamblers. Place your bets. ›
 
TOP SHELF
The historic Russian recipe that turns apples into marshmallows. 5 of the biggest hotel rooms in the world. The origins and ups and downs of the coffee break. How Dior made its best-selling men’s fragrance even richer. And why we can’t truly explore the deep Amazon.
 
ONE TO FOLLOW
House music history visual from @edmmusic
@edmmusic
Account featuring the best of house music and its history over the last 40 years.
 
LAST WORD
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
— OSCAR WILDE