The book Brain on Fire solves a terrifying problem: when the brain catches fire and medicine mistakes it for madness, how do you find the truth fast enough to survive? … Read more
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk is the modern classic on healing trauma—how PTSD transforms the brain, mind, and body, and why interventions like EMDR, yoga, … Read more
Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke is a non-fiction, science-grounded exploration of how dopamine drives addiction—from smartphones to substances—and how to practice dopamine fasting and self-binding to restore a healthy pleasure–pain … Read more
Extinction isn’t the end of the story—it’s the plot twist life has already survived, repeatedly. Newitz asks the only pragmatic question left: how do we make it through the next … Read more
Extreme heat, heat waves, and wet-bulb temperature are not abstractions anymore; they’re the daily grammar of climate change, and Jeff Goodell’s The Heat Will Kill You First is the most … Read more