Sigal Samuel
Zimbabwe has just 19 psychiatrists for 15 million people. Here’s how they’re transforming mental health care — and what the US could learn from this paradigm
When psychiatry and other forms of professional mental health care are not accessible, people suffer in silence or turn to ...
Viewpoint: ‘It’s time to invest in meatless meat’ — Why Biden’s climate plan should address the environmental impact of animal agriculture
For decades, the US government has been pouring money into the meat industry. That funding effectively built the industry into ...
Does ‘factory farming’ increase our risk of experiencing pandemics?
Some experts have hypothesized that the novel coronavirus made the jump from animals to humans in China’s wet markets, just ...
‘Unnatural Selection’: Netflix series tackles tough CRISPR issues, including biohacking and editing children’s DNA
Is it ethical to edit your child’s DNA — or your own? Does the answer depend on whether you’re perfectly ...
Gene drives and other ‘out-of-the-box approaches’ can eradicate malaria by 2050, scientists say
“For too long, malaria eradication has been a distant dream, but now we have evidence that malaria can and should ...
‘Don’t try this at home’: New California law targets biohacking, do-it-yourself CRISPR
California wants to make it clear that tinkering with your own genes is a “don’t try this at home” sort ...
9 questions about biohacking and the quest to upgrade the human body
As biohacking starts to appear more often in headlines, it’s worth getting clear on some of the fundamentals. Here are ...
Bible and the brain: How did ancient Israelites ‘hear’ God?
James Kugel has been spent his entire scholarly career studying the Bible, but some very basic questions about it still ...