Temma Ehrenfeld

We’ve all heard that we have five senses — sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste. That idea goes back to the Greek philosopher Aristotle. However, it’s wrong.

“A little, often” — traditional Spanish saying regarding the ideal way to eat.
Next time you have a party — standing up, sitting down, or a bit of both — consider impressing your guests with a spread of tapas, the small plates of varied, tempting bites featured in bars across Spain.

Everything you didn't know about sleep.

From a special food to a vaccine and gene editing, new technologies may offer solutions for cat lovers with allergies.

Eating and cooking in medieval England and Europe looked a bit like the recommendations you’ll read in 2022 health blogs. Those “whole, unprocessed foods” we now celebrate are, in fact, the preindustrial diet.

If you are crushed by job loss, don’t drink. If you know people who are crushed by job loss, stay with them if they are drinking.

Life began in water, an idea we seem to have understood long before science explained evolution.
Why else did fish symbolize fertility in so many ancient cultures, from Egypt to the Celts, Indians, Mesopotamians, Burmese, Persians and Slavs?

The dangers of alcohol

Review of thriller about assasination climate change criminals

The line between comedy and philosophy is thin, and Jerry Seinfeld understands human nature in a deep way. One of his insights has to do with “the human fascination with water.”

“We’re constantly going to beaches, pools, lakes, rivers,” he says. “We can’t get enough water unless it rains. And then we’re, ‘Oh, look, I’m soaked.'” For some reason we have a “huge problem with small flying water… I felt a drop. We’re going to get caught in it! Everybody cover your water bottles, run!”

He’s right....

‘The pursuit of Happiness’ is a famous phrase in a famous document, the United States Declaration of Independence (1776). But few know that its author was inspired by an ancient Greek philosopher, Epicurus.

Which animals, plants and crops will survive in a changing climate?

Listening to white noise or music at bedtime linked to deeper sleep for people with tinnitus

The altruism of animals can surprise us. Bystanders are helpful.