Nocebo effect is the placebo’s evil twin
In late 2022, as the fentanyl drug overdose epidemic raged across America, police officers making street busts of…
Canadian negligence is making Americans choke on fire smoke
For the third time in the past four years, Americans are choking on smoke from Canada’s burning forests. Last week,…
Wild animals are adapting to our cities
On July 9, 2015, a dead raccoon appeared on a Toronto sidewalk and, for reasons no one fully…
How the lives of Renoir’s most adorable subjects turned tragic
Two adorable little girls dressed in frilly white — the elder wearing a blue sash, the younger sporting…
Why we should all be getting more sun: new book
Living in Vermont, science and nature writer Rowan Jacobsen noticed the effects the seasons had on him. Summers…
What it’s really like to live with multiple personality disorder
Cameron West, who lives with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), revealed childhood sexual abuse by his grandmother. Rikki, West’s…
Andrew McCarthy breaks down why men in midlife don’t have friends
A few years back, Andrew McCarthy was having a conversation with his then 20-year-old son, Sam, who was…
The high price a young Tiger Woods paid to win — and the love he lost along the way
In his new book, “Project Tiger: The Birth of Genius and the Price of Greatness,” Gavin Newsham zeroes…
Tennis fans need to move past the Federer and Nadal glory days and really embrace the Sinner-Alcaraz rivalry
The two decades between 2003 and 2023 were a golden era for men’s tennis. The “Big Three” —…
Bruce Springsteen almost drove his band to quit while making ‘Born to Run’
The infamous sax solo Clarence Clemons plays on Bruce Springsteen’s rock classic “Born To Run” is so vibrant…