Archive for month: December, 2020

Here’s why you get gloomy in the winter — and what you can do about it

If the darkening evenings and turning leaves induce a mild sense of dread in you every year, you’re not alone. With the arrival of winter, many of us experience Seasonal Affective Disorder — which bears the appropriate acronym of SAD [...]

How to grow your own tiny forest

When you look at a row of empty parking spots, what do you see? Many of us would see it for what it is — a place that could be filled with cars and trucks. But to eco-engineer Shubhendu Sharma, [...]

Sports are designed around men — and that needs to change

From tennis to swimming and soccer, female athletes are at the top of their game right now, but they are still not receiving the support that men do. Despite accumulating international titles, the US women’s national soccer team are currently having [...]

Scent playlists could boost your health and well-being

A new technology aspires to harness the powerful human sense of smell to enhance our daily lives.  Someday this approach might even be used to benefit our health. How is this possible? Step one: Just inhale. We’re living in a [...]