For The New Yorker's June 1 issue, I wrote about how climate change will affect microbes— featuring flesh eating bacteria, revived Arctic bugs, a very sticky fungi, and more.
When a French village became an ALS hot spot, neurologists found that the patients consistently ate three foods. Shayla Love traveled there to investigate:
Revisit the story from March, which became one of The Atlantic’s most-read articles of 2025: theatln.tc/DpPZNmMC
I wrote about getting married, feeling like an adult, and the many ways to divide up a life into stages www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
In @newscientist.com, I participated in "visualization" coaching to try and improve my aphantasia—the inability to see images in your mind's eye. I learned a lot about what's going on inside my head—even if it still isn't visual!
www.newscientist.com/article/2520...
For the @newrepublic.com May issue, I wrote about what to make of the right's focus on animal welfare in scientific research and medical testing.
newrepublic.com/article/2088...
The theory of cognitive dissonance has become ubiquitous—but newly released documents seem to debunk the concept’s foundational case study. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Shayla Love
Shayla Love
Shayla Love
The Atlantic
Shayla Love
“I call them Homo sapiens 2.0."
I wrote about natural short sleepers (via gene mutations) and what they do with their extra time.
I wrote about how to learn why we're so emotionally moved by music: by studying those who don't care for it at all.
Animals greetings are common, but it was long thought that only humans say goodbye.
I wrote about the search for the elusive nonhuman goodbye, and how weird our farewells are if you stop to think about them: www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
The New Yorker
I wrote about the fantasy— and reality— of learning while you are sleeping 😴
www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
Scientists define the stages of life in biological, societal, and chronological terms—but none of them quite capture what it’s like to grow up.
Training programmes for people with aphantasia – the inability to create mental images – are challenging neuroscientists' understanding of how we create thoughts
Learning while sleeping had long been relegated to the realm of quackery, but new studies suggest that we may be able to problem-solve and practice skills in our dreams.
Short sleepers, who make up less than one per cent of the population, spend significantly less than eight hours snoozing without any apparent health consequences. What can these rare individuals teach us about our relationship with rest? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/WQhwQk
The study of musical anhedonia—the inability to enjoy music—is revealing how music moves us. www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The study of musical anhedonia—the inability to enjoy music—is revealing how music moves us.
