I love art so much it moves every fibre of my being. Recently I started wondering what that phenomenon in my body actually is, when I look at art I love and art I don't. Both provoke a sensation. It turns out both have been measured, and the difference between them is not one of degree. Your brain changes the category.

I fasted past 72 hours once. My back hurt the whole way through, and afterwards it felt like a different back. That sent me into the stem cell literature, where the real finding turned out to be stranger than the supplement ads: your repair crew does not fade slowly. It collapses at around seventy. And in the female body, one of the hormones maintaining it withdraws two decades earlier.

For a century we treated the ovary as a countdown clock that stops mattering at menopause. New research suggests it keeps working. It just changes jobs. A look at what the science actually shows, and what it doesn't.

Think lifting weights will make you bulky? It’s time to bust that myth. Discover why strength training is one of the most powerful tools for women’s health—boosting metabolism, building confidence, and protecting your body for life.