The Invisible Health Threat of Microplastics
Recent research confirms that even the healthiest among us are full of these tiny toxins. Here’s how they enter your body—and what you can do to reduce your exposure.
Are There Long-Term Side Effects of Breathing In Wildfire Smoke?
The fires are finally out, but experts are only beginning to uncover their lasting impact on our health.
How to Cope with an Eco-Anxiety Spiral
Los Angeles–based therapist Annie Armstrong Miyao unpacks why climate change can impact your mental health—and how to deal if you’re spinning out.
Abortion Rights Are on the Line This Election—Which Offices Matter Most?
Which races should you look at most closely when you head to the polls? Check out three of the most important—but often overlooked—offices you’ll see on your ballot this election season. Plus, a conversation guide from the ACLU.
The Environmental Cost of ChatGPT
A computer engineering professor shares the potential effects of AI on our planet.
A Lazy Riff on Sunset Blush from a Brooklyn Botanist
She’s got beef with imported daffodils, and she’s a huge proponent of butterfly milkweed. In between helping to preserve New York’s native plants and biodiversity and bringing a pop-up forest to Rockefeller Center, NYC Wildflower Week founder Marielle Anzelone makes time to keep her skin juicy and her (easy) sunset blush on point.
Recommitting to Anti-Racism
Black liberation educator Monique Melton teaches anti-racism as a curiosity-led practice: It starts with internal inquiry and leads to meaningful action in your own community.
Everything You Need to Know about Natural, Organic, and Biodynamic Wines
Wine needs the same scrutiny as our food, says sommelier Melissa Gisler Modanlou. She’s helping us navigate the unregulated industry—there are no labeling requirements for wine—and sharing the quality ones she thinks are worth drinking now.
Balancing Low Blood Sugar Levels
Physician Keith Berkowitz helps patients manage and prevent reactive hypoglycemia—a blood sugar condition that he believes is often overlooked. He works with patients to balance blood sugar levels, largely through diet changes. And he also spends a lot of time looking at other systems of the body—and hormones and digestion, in particular, which he finds are intricately connected.
How to Kid-Proof Your Home WiFi
Computer guru Rand Singer runs an eponymous IT consulting business, Singer Consulting, Inc. that supports a variety of businesses as well as personal clients. (We’ve called on his expertise more than once at #goophq.) Rand, who himself has a sixteen-year-old daughter and a thirteen-year-old son, understands the challenges of home internet safety—and the need to balance ironclad protection with ease of use. While he points out that no technology will replace the need to parent, below, he spells out how to protect your kids at home and beyond—from the basics of blocking sites to his top-notch system for locking down your Wifi.
The Dirty on Getting Clean
Seeing as the United States is a country that knows how to regulate everything, we were pretty shocked—actually, floored—to learn that the federal government has not passed a law to regulate the personal care industry since 1938.
Documentary to Watch: The Magic Pill
Shot in both Australia and the US, The Magic Pill follows five people struggling with their health. Over the course of the documentary, they each see remarkable health benefits after changing their diet to one that is high in fat and low in carbs.