Currently Creasing: Week of December 16
Here’s what our team has for you to bookmark & read this week
The Age of Instagram: How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look.
This app matches marginalized communities to therapists who share their background: Teletherapy app Ayana matches users to licensed professionals based on their culture, race, and experiences. Can it help close the mental healthcare gap?
How Online Grocery Delivery Could Help Alleviate Food Deserts: Delivery service could make it easier to access fresh, healthy food in these areas, a study finds. It lends support to a pilot program that lets people pay for these groceries with food stamps.
Can algae save the planet by changing the way we eat? If the trend continues, perhaps algae will have helped us mitigate some of the effects of climate change.
Listen to Raising Devendra: What happens when you treat artificial intelligence with unconditional love?
Should You Oil Your Belly Button for Clearer Skin on Your Face? An oil designed for your belly button could be the skin care savior you've been missing.
Scientists Reach Out To Minority Communities To Diversify Alzheimer's Studies: Black and Hispanic people often don't volunteer for studies of Alzheimer's disease, despite their risks for developing it. Researchers are working to make studies more inclusive, but it's not easy.
I used to think I needed a house and a big salary by age 30. Now that I’m about to leave my 20s behind, I have new goals. Now, I want to find what truly makes me happy
When in Distress, Try Sonnets: Large in scope but small in size, the sonnet encapsulates infinitely malleable spirits within a finite frame, as we do.
Can Applesauce Help Close The Racial Health Gap? No, Wait, Hear This Chef Out: From infant mortality rates to access to cancer treatment, stark health disparities exist between blacks and whites. One Michigan experiment to address that starts with money made from hospital food.
