Jessica Firger
Newsweek
New York, NY, United States
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Can Tech Save the Planet? Cisco Thinks So
Investing in innovation—and allowing employees to work from home—can reduce a company's footprint. → Read More
Opioid Crisis Driven by Shady Drug Company Tactics, Investigators Say
Investigators are closing in on Big Pharma, claiming that shady tactics fueled the opioid crisis. → Read More
Living in Space Leaves Astronauts With Serious Neurological Issues Because The Brain Floats Out of Place
The change in position causes blurry vision, migraines and other symptoms. → Read More
Opioid Crisis: What Does It Mean to Declare a National Public Health Emergency?
Trump's formal announcement will allow the Department of Health and Human Services to take sweeping actions. → Read More
How Depression Medication Is Polluting the Ocean and Altering the Behaviors of Sea Creatures
Shore crabs exposed to trace amounts of Prozac behaved in strange ways that could threaten the species. → Read More
Here's How to Be Happy: Shorten Your Work Commute by 20 Minutes
People who use public transportation to get to and from work tend to feel the least fulfilled in life. → Read More
People Want to Have Sex With Robots and Robotic Companies Want to Help
It won’t be long until we see “a merging of dildonics with robotics.” → Read More
Marijuana: Why Dangerously Potent Pot Is Making People Lose Their Minds and Memories
Growers are cultivating strains that cause psychosis and memory loss. → Read More
HPV: Oral Sex Risks Men Need to Know Before Performing Cunnilingus
There are some 11.5 million men in the U.S. who currently have oral HPV compared to only 3.2 million women. → Read More
Older Women of Color Are Now Considered Beautiful, According to ‘People’ Magazine
People magazine's list of most beautiful celebrities suggests our society's idea of what makes someone attractive may actually be changing. → Read More
Keeping Fit Without Exercising: Debunking The Idea That 'Working Out' Will Save Your Life
Exercise stemming from daily life had the most dramatic risk-reducing effects. → Read More
Magic Mushrooms Reset the Brains of People With Depression
Brain scans revealed that psilocybin could be more effective than antidepressants. → Read More
What Happens to Women's Brains When They Orgasm? Climaxing Doesn't Result in Neurological Switch Off
Women's ability to multitask might not stop in the bedroom. → Read More
Smallpox Vaccine Saved Billions of Lives—Yet Scientist Had No Idea What Virus They Used in it
The world's first vaccine created in 1798 may not be what we've always thought it is. → Read More
AI: Personal Therapy Robots and Other Ways that Machine Learning Is Changing Health Care
Machine learning will make health care more efficient—and effective. → Read More
Cancer and Weight Gain: CDC Links High BMI with 13 Fatal Types of Disease
In 2014, cancers related to being overweight or obese accounted for 40 percent of all diagnoses for the disease. → Read More
Detroit Mom Refusing to Vaccinate Her Child May Face Jail Time
"I would rather sit behind bars for standing up for what I believe in," the mother told a local news reporter. → Read More
Why 'This Is Us' Makes You Cry So Much
The effect is similar to eating highly processed foods, an expert explains. → Read More
Muslim Women More Likely to Skip Breast Cancer Screening, But Mosques Can Help
Religious and cultural barriers are stopping Muslim women from having mammograms. → Read More
We Now Know More About Why Women Lose Their Babies During Pregnancy
Scientists are exploring how to use CRISPR gene editing to improve the success rate of IVF. → Read More