Alicia Springer

Once in a blue moon, humanity invents something that changes how we look at the world around us. Sometimes, the way tech changes our views on life are pretty stark—such as how humanity reacted to the ...

It is estimated that about 1.7 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in 2018. Discovering that you have cancer is an unexpected and heart-wrenching moment like none other. You may wonder, "What's...

No one likes to be stressed out—but it’s not just unpleasant. As science has started to show, stress is actually very dangerous for your health. Temporary levels of stress cause heightened levels of c...

International travel is awesome. It's exciting, exhilarating, and it's awesome to do in your 20s. International travel is also expensive. There are flights, hotels, and agonizing daily data costs. I h...

It's hard to strike a balance—being properly attentive when you're dead exhausted and also not disturbing your new family member unnecessarily. I'm a first-time mother, so the desire to check on my li...

"I'm blind," he said, even as he met my gaze evenly. When he said it, we almost didn't believe him since he navigated the large AirBnB so effortlessly. The owner of the house, the two other guests, the owner's nurse friend, and I all looked at him in surprise. We all piled in the nurse's vehicle and on the way to a restaurant in western Baltimore, he explained how he was indeed blind, but that blindness had a spectrum. We were all dreadfully clueless in the subject, and listened curiously as he ...