Words of OutrageWhat This Year’s Protest Language Revealed About Societal Outrage In India Protest discourse reflects a longer-burning evolution in political rhetoric that has led to the match point of 2020. By Liesl Goecker
The Burden of CareIndia’s Mental Health Professionals Are Burning Out Amid the Pandemic Rush on Their Services "It all feels like nobody cares. People don’t think we’re frontline workers -- we are." By Liesl Goecker
Sisterhood of the SickFor Women With Chronic Illness, Health Mentorship Is an Essential Part of Health Care "I just felt so much relief that there was somebody else in the same boat." By Liesl Goecker
Overshadowed EpidemicWe Now Know Full Courses of Antibiotics Can Foster Resistance. So Why Are Patients Still Told to Complete Their Course? Research shows that for most common infections, long exposure to antibiotics just creates more opportunity for bacteria to become resistant. By Liesl Goecker
Uncomfortable TruthsFertility Decreases With Age; We Can Say It and Still Fight Pressure to Procreate Acknowledging biological facts will help us find better solutions to gender inequality. By Liesl Goecker
Spit It OutWhy Coriander Tastes Like Soap to Some People They're not being melodramatic or picky; they have a genetic quirk that makes coriander taste disgusting. By Liesl Goecker
Everyone Has Their RoleAre You the Pandemic Prepper, or the Freeloading Denier? Certain personality traits make us cope with stress in different ways. By Liesl Goecker
The End Times Are NighWorst Locust Swarm in 25 Years Threatens Food Supply in South Asia, East Africa Each of the hundreds of billions of insects eats their body weight in food every day. By Liesl Goecker
On The BrinkAre There Any Benefits to Holding Back an Orgasm? From tantric sex to edging, a variety of sexual practices involve stopping just before climax. By Liesl Goecker
Bowling A Maiden OverIn a First, Team India Qualifies for Women’s T20 World Cup Final The Indian team advanced to Sunday's final due to its undefeated romp through the first phase of the tournament. By Liesl Goecker
Move It Or Lose It PalWhy You Hate Walking Behind Slow People Your 'sidewalk rage' is a result of thwarted expectations in an instantly gratified world. By Liesl Goecker
Dark Like My SoulUntrending: Activated Charcoal Can Be Good for You — But Only in Emergencies Activated charcoal can be helpful when ingested in the event of poisoning or overdose, but regular consumption does not carry the same benefits. By Liesl Goecker
Think TwiceBPA‑Free Plastic Isn’t as Safe as We’ve Been Sold BPA-free plastic still contains other compounds that are as or more toxic. By Liesl Goecker
It's Getting Hot In HereFossil Fuel Use Causing More Methane Pollution Than We Thought, Scientists Warn Methane is 80% more powerful at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. By Liesl Goecker
Expanded RightsArgentina on Track to Become Largest Latin American Country to Legalize Abortion Abortion is legal in only three other countries in the highly Roman Catholic region. By Liesl Goecker
Machine Versus BugAI Spots a New Antibiotic Effective Against Deadly, Drug‑Resistant Bacteria The drug, halicin, was originally developed as a diabetes medication, but may be more effective as an antibiotic. By Liesl Goecker
Male MediocrityTaylor Swift’s ‘The Man’ Is Somehow Both Revolutionary and Banal The music video regurgitates well-established, feminist talking points, but shines when put in context with Swift's real-life struggles with male music executives. By Liesl Goecker
Corona SeasonHow Likely Are You to Get Coronavirus? Very. Good news, though: for most people, it's no worse than the flu. By Liesl Goecker