Currently Creasing: Week of December 30
Here’s what our team has for you to bookmark & read this week
H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic: Scientists have long tried to duplicate the procedure that led to the first long-term remission 12 years ago. With the so-called London patient, they seem to have succeeded.
A New Way To Quit? Psychedelic Therapy Offers Promise For Smoking Cessation: Researchers are studying a new technique for quitting cigarettes. It involves cognitive behavioral therapy and guided hallucination sparked by psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms.
The 50 Best Podcasts and the Best Books of 2019, according to Obama (hilariously, it lists the incredible Age of Surveillance Capitalism, which critiques an aspect of his administration)
Chronic Pain Is an Impossible Problem: A “safe” alternative to opioid painkillers turns out to be not so safe.
How to Communicate Better With Your Children in the New Year: Be a sportscaster. Make a glitter jar. Get a pet. Whether or not you rely on strategies like these, the central advice is to listen more.
Meditations on the Nature of Beauty: Of all the songs written about how beautiful America is, my favorite is probably “America the Beautiful,” or “Love Shack.”
A Sleep Reset for the New Year: To ease into the New Year.
Oceans Apart: A neglected migration crisis off the African coast.
In the age of burnout, how companies keep their employees coming back: Resilience in the workplace?
It’s Called ‘Plant-Based,’ Look It Up: There’s a difference between disavowing all animal byproducts and simply trying to eat less meat.
