
Undersea Farming + Other Stories
Every week, we corral the best wellness stories from around the internet—just in time for your weekend bookmarking. This week: how your smartphone could be robbing your intelligence; the rise of Western Buddhism, and the link between sugar and depression.
Vertical Ocean Farms That Can Feed Us and Help Our Seas
Ideas.Ted
Riding the wave of climate consciousness, one farmer is reinventing how we harvest the sea.
Your Smartphone Reduces Your Brainpower, Even If It's Just Sitting There
The Atlantic
The cognitive smartphone tax is real. As The Atlantic‘s Robinson Meyer explores here, the mere presence of our phones may reduce our memory and problem-solving skills.
Too Much Sugar Could Increase Depression Risk in Men
The Guardian
New research reveals a strong link between consuming sweet foods and feelings of depression in men.
What Meditation Can Do for Us, and What It Can't
The New Yorker
Adam Gopnick explores the popularity of Western Buddhism–and how its traditions, beliefs, and spiritual practices can help us cope with loss.