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Conceptual illustration shows a person vaulting over a book and calendar away from bad habits and poor willpower, as depicted by unhealthy food and money and scrunched-up paper.

Time for half-year resolutions?

If your good intentions from a few months ago haven’t led to much, take note. A psychologist tells us what we can learn from studies on willpower.

Large platters hold monkey meat that has been cooked. Several women stand behind the platters.

Food & Environment

In defense of wild meat’s place at the table

Sustainable and safe consumption of wildlife is possible, and important for those who depend on it, says a conservation researcher

Colorized scanning electron microscope image of excrement shows a pale green piece of plant fiber covered by tiny microbes colored teal, purple, red, green, brown and more.

The Mind

The growing link between microbes, mood and mental health

New research suggests that to maintain a healthy brain, we should tend our gut microbiome. The best way to do that right now is not through pills and supplements, but better food.

Photo shows women gathered around a shared pump to collect drinking water in Srimongol, Bangladesh.

Food & Environment

Battling arsenic pollution

Arsenic-poisoned water remains a threat to public health the world over. Scientists hope to change that.

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Q&A

Time for half-year resolutions?

In defense of wild meat’s place at the table

The growing link between microbes, mood and mental health

Battling arsenic pollution

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