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Science and Wellness

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“Color Cloud: Let's Pay Attention” by Jessica Poundstone

Cymatics: Exploring the shape of sound

Empathy in media helps everyone feel seen.

Boost your mood with the right scent

Boost your mood with the power of scent

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Mourning in a multiplayer spaceship game

A place where the ritual of remembrance transcends pixels and code

Game labs for good

From pixels to prescriptions, there’s a place for tech in healing

Doomscrolling? Set your phone to grayscale

Ditch the distractions - grayscale your screen for focus and calm

Psychadelic research: Neuroscape

The science on psychedelic therapy invites a closer look

How AI is helping museum exhibits to teach

A little interaction can go a long way

How tinnitus apps helped me find my own

Coping with tinnitus through digital apps

The new wave of wellness: functional mushrooms take over TikTok

Functional mushrooms have gone viral and knowledge of their benefits is spreading like spores

Media makers: Nature Journey

Inspiring connection to and compassion for nature through technology

Emerging horizons in TBI management: science, technology, and hope

Personalized apps and DBS: the new frontier in tailored, accessible TBI rehabilitation

Reconnecting with nature in a post-pandemic world

When technology helps brings us closer to nature

How AI is helping museum exhibits to teach

A little interaction can go a long way

KCRW’s Anti-Dread Climate Podcast: eco-friendly holdiday edition

Want to make your holidays a little more eco-friendly this year? The folks at KCRW have some ideas!

Our brains aren’t computers and that’s a good thing

Our human mind does compute, but not like a computer

Facing climate change with good news

Good climate news exists. We just have to look.

From 8-bit to robots: a gamer’s evolution

One woman’s healing digital journey, from childhood arcades to a therapeutic robot.

Wonder and awe: a mindful approach to XR stroytelling

Profiling XR storytelling visionary Caitlin Krause.

Media makers: Labyrinth

Can a video game improve your memory?

The healing power of independent media: Kharkiv

From pixels to prescriptions, there’s a place for tech in healing

DTx: digital mental health for kids

From pixels to prescriptions, there’s a place for tech in healing

The healing power of music evokes memories for every age

Science meets sound: musical healing for mental health and brain function

Digital Therapeutics West 2024

From pixels to prescriptions: where technology meets healing

The reality of freelancing overwhelm - and how technology helps

Being self-employed is a marathon, and these digital tools can help you sustain your pace, balance diverse tasks, and effectively manage the stress and overwhelm that comes with this career path.

Staging medicine as a neurologist and playwright

What happens when a neurologist is also a playwright?

Speak to the rhythm: melodic intonation therapy for stroke survivors

Melodic intonation therapy (MIT) is helping stroke survivors to regain speech and can be done remotely.

Audiovisual article: Rooted

What trees can teach us about finding peace.

Climate optimism from the perspective of a teenager

Facing eco-anxiety as a teenager.