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At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Device Awarded Milestone Designation From FDA

Health / 3 min. read

Teal Health, the cervical cancer screening startup backed by Serena Williams, has been granted Breakthrough Device status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its innovative, at-home screening wand.  The status was awarded following promising mid-point data from the Teal Wand’s first, nationwide clinical trial, and puts it on track for priority approval once […]

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“Too Cute to Handle”: Why We Want to Squish Adorable Things

Science / 3 min. read

We’ve all experienced it: Faced with an infant’s chubby cheeks or a puppy’s wagging tail, we feel the powerful urge to pinch, squish, or even bite the adorable subject. “Cute aggression” is a seemingly bizarre phenomenon, but one that science suggests serves a very real purpose.  According to research published within the last decade, the

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16 Heartwarming Words and Phrases That Don’t Have an English Equivalent

Culture / 8 min. read

There’s something magical about discovering a new word that speaks to you — one you’d underline in a book or pause and rewind after hearing on TV and maybe start sprinkling into conversation. Sometimes these words are wildly relatable and end up going viral on social media (think: bed rotting). Other times a new-to-you phrase

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Cortes Bank: The Enormous, Elusive Wave Surfers Ride in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean

Environment / 4 min. read

For big wave surfers, 20- to 30-foot peaks are standard fare. At Cortes Bank, the summit of an underwater mountain around 100 miles off the coast of San Diego in the the Pacific Ocean, waves can reach around 10 stories high — making it a highly coveted yet highly perilous spot to shred.  A biodiversity

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Physician Empathy Tied to Better Outcomes for Chronic Pain Patients: Study

Health / 3 min. read

New research is underscoring the importance of physician empathy within doctor-patient relationships, determining that it’s linked to better outcomes in the treatment of people with chronic pain.  The study, published April 11 in Jama Network’s open access journal, included 1,470 adults with chronic low back pain. Over the course of 12 months, patients who were

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