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The Science Behind Relationships; Humans Media explores the basis of our attraction, contempt, why we do what we do and to whom we do it.

Meteorologist
February, the month of love, black history, and then there is the rat. Adults, looking to a rodent for predictions in weather and the future of winter and spring. When on earth did that become a celebrated thing? It’s ridiculous, and yet some take it seriously.
By Alexandra Grant9 months ago in Humans
RAISING THE MORAL STANDARD
An Open Letter to Institutions That Shape the Future To the schools, corporations, nonprofits, boards, councils, and organizations:
By Flower InBloom9 months ago in Humans
Is Our Problem That The System Is Broken?
No matter where you go in the world... You will find someone who will tell you... And everyone else... About how the system is broken.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM9 months ago in Humans
Rosacea Skin Care Made Simple: A Gentle Routine That Works
Rosacea can feel confusing, frustrating, and deeply personal. Some days your skin looks calm. Other days, redness, bumps, or burning sensations seem to appear out of nowhere. If you’ve tried product after product and still feel unsure what actually helps, you’re not alone.
By ZENMED9 months ago in Humans
What the System Forces You to Become
The Question the System Replaces By the time a person has passed through employment law, healthcare coverage rules, unemployment insurance, disability determination, and benefit eligibility, the relevant question has already shifted without ever being stated out loud. It is no longer whether the system helped or failed them. It is whether they managed to remain legible long enough to survive it. Each institutional layer imposes requirements that appear reasonable when viewed in isolation, yet become coercive when experienced sequentially:
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast9 months ago in Humans
Forgiveness Is Not a Prerequisite for Healing
There is a persistent cultural belief often framed as callow wisdom that forgiveness is necessary for healing. Survivors are told that to move forward, they must “let go,” “make peace,” or forgive those who have harmed them. This belief is not only inaccurate; for many survivors but it is also actively harmful.
By Cadma9 months ago in Humans
Living With Cognitive Fatigue? Practical Strategies for Clearer Thinking
Cognitive fatigue is the most common symptom reported after illness and brain injury. People describe walking into rooms and forgetting what they came for, reading the same paragraph several times without retaining it, or losing important information minutes after hearing it. When the brain is fatigued, it cannot process or store information as efficiently as it normally would. The encouraging news is that in many cases cognitive functioning tends to recover as fatigues improves.
By Sarah Rudebeck9 months ago in Humans
What’s Your Sign?
I walk into the bar and find an empty stool. Next to it sits an attractive woman that doesn’t seem to mind my presence. She has even started to become curious about the man beside her. In an effort to find connection she asks the only question that I have no desire to answer: “What’s your sign?” Immediately I know there will be no love connection between us.
By Jesse Lee9 months ago in Humans
Too Young for Rectal Cancer? A Growing Number of Americans Aren’t
For years, rectal cancer carried an unspoken label. It was something that happened later. Something tied to aging, retirement, and routine screenings that began after fifty. Younger bodies, we believed, were largely spared.
By Aarsh Malik9 months ago in Humans
The Color Line Within the Color Line
Colorism is often described as a preference for lighter skin within communities of color. Yet this definition, while accurate, is incomplete. Colorism is not merely an aesthetic bias or cultural quirk. It is a social technology one that developed within colonial and racial hierarchies to maintain systems of white supremacy without constant direct enforcement. At its core, colorism is a structure that rewards proximity to whiteness and punishes distance from it. It operates through psychological conditioning, social incentives, and internalized hierarchies. Over time, it becomes self-sustaining: communities begin to reproduce the same divisions that were originally imposed upon them.
By Cadma9 months ago in Humans
The Next Big Thing After ChatGPT
When ChatGPT burst into the mainstream, it felt like a turning point. Suddenly, artificial intelligence wasn’t just a background technology powering ads or recommendations—it was something you could talk to. It could write essays, explain complex ideas, help with coding, and even sound surprisingly human.
By Mind Meets Machine9 months ago in Humans
Prayers That Go Deeper Than Politics
Prayers for safety, prayers for peace, Prayers that violence would finally cease. Prayers for realization, hearts made aware,
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast9 months ago in Humans