Five minutes on health TikTok is all it takes. A pair of scrubs. “Dr.” in the bio. And a confident voice assuring you they can detox your liver, balance your hormones, or fix your chronic illness,...
I love a good cup of tea as much as the next person. Rainy afternoon indoors? A cup of tea sounds about right. A suspicious tickle in my throat that suggests a cold might be brewing? Tea, obviously...
Each October, like clockwork, a dear friend of mine reminds me to begin taking vitamin D supplements– just in time for the perils of daylight savings time. His reasoning? Its prophylactic effects...
I talked about Botox a lot in 2025. Which, in the social circles of a 22-year-old woman, raises a fair question: why? We don’t have wrinkles yet. Our frontal lobes aren’t even finished developing....
In a way, time travel does exist. Just hop on a plane from Montreal to Vancouver, and you jump back three hours. Or better yet, fly in the other direction to Auckland, and find yourself 18 hours in...
Open Instagram and you’ll see it within minutes: a wellness influencer solemnly instructing you to ditch your “toxic” white table salt for pink Himalayan salt, preferably scooped from a minimalist...
If you’re anything like me, flying doesn’t exactly bring out your most relaxed self. I recently crossed the Atlantic and encountered a stretch of turbulence that had me gripping the armrest with...
The Home Insurance Building, the world’s first skyscraper, and the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, both owe their origins in the city of Chicago.
If you spend any time online, you’ve probably noticed that the internet has a bit of a misinformation problem. Scroll long enough and you’ll encounter an influencer with a ring light, discount code...