Matt Fuchs

Plastic cutting boards are great for convenience. But the cutting action of knives causes these boards to release microplastics into the chopped-up food. Here’s how they might affect health, plus alternatives to consider @syeedmdiskander @benjaminchapman time.com/7336434/plasti…

Life lessons from @rogerfederer (must watch) 1 Effortless is a myth 2 Belief in yourself has to be earned 3 Grit > Gift 4 Discipline is talent 5 Trust and loving the process is talent 6 You can do your best and still lose 7 Life is bigger than the court

Why We Repeat Decisions That No Longer Make Sense Why do people often make decisions in the same pattern and choose the tried and tested, even when there are apparently better alternatives? neurosciencenews.com/habit-repetiti… @NeuroscienceNew

“AI is different. You don’t need to learn a programming language; you need to ask better questions. And asking better questions isn’t a technical skill—it’s a judgment skill” inc.com/joel-comm/the-…

DR is the oldest intervention to extend max lifespan, and still the strongest we have for mammals. Yet after a century of research, many key questions remain. In our latest @TheFangGroupUiO paper with 310+ refs in @NatureAging we try to answer this... 🧵🧵 nature.com/articles/s4358…

‘Our consciousness is under siege’: Michael Pollan on chatbots, social media and mental freedom | Well actually | The Guardian theguardian.com/wellness/2026/…

How you talk to yourself matters. In one study on lifting weights, goal directed self-talk "enhanced performance by 43% once an RPE of eight was reached, resulted in 63% more repetitions, and demonstrated more efficient muscle activation patterns."

Daylight saving time happens on March 8. It's basically government-mandated jet lag. Research points to a surprisingly simple two-part combo that helps your body shift its clocks faster. No gadgets, no supplements. It's explained here @sciam: scientificamerican.com/article/to-hel…

Health is where AI faces its hardest test: layers of regulation, life-or-death stakes, complex biology, and a deeply human, compassionate core that most people would assume is the last thing a machine could replicate, William Warr writes for TIME. time.com/7382493/ai-hea…

How the food you eat affects your sleep quality: In our new preprint, based on 4,800 nights of high-resolution diet and sleep data from the Human Phenotype Project. medrxiv.org/content/10.648…

Ski mountaineering makes its Olympic debut soon. "Skimo" athletes are aerobic phenoms with sky-high VO2 max. I looked into why the sport is so demanding and why raising your VO2 max is a good idea even if you're not skiing up a mountain any time soon scientificamerican.com/article/what-i…

Think you're the same person every day? This brain experiment says otherwise. My latest for @sciencefocus sciencefocus.com/wellbeing/brai…

Can this AI predict how you will die? reason.com/2026/02/10/doe…

The brain plays an important role in spirituality "but it’s only part of the picture. By widening the lens, we open the door to more creative, inclusive and meaningful ways of understanding spirituality and living spiritually" psyche.co/ideas/spiritua…

Moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee or tea was linked to reduced #dementia risk and modest improvements in cognitive outcomes; no benefit was seen for decaffeinated coffee in an observational study of US adults. bit.ly/4amtd1c

Training became a welcome reprieve from her grief. “There were so many things I couldn’t control, challenges I had to do whether I liked it or not,” she said. “This is control. I love that, and I know I can do it.” nytimes.com/2026/01/30/wel…

Juan López García first tried running a mile at age 66 and couldn’t do it. Now, at age 82, he runs ultramarathons. Scientists are studying him to learn how we can stay healthy as we age. wapo.st/4aj85ch

Will this be the health Super Bowl? wsj.com/articles/blood…

Conventional wisdom has held for some time that children who grow up in environments rich with biodiversity—farms, homes with pets, rural settings in general—are less likely to have allergies. The thing nobody has ever completely understood is why? Yale researchers have now found an answer. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-i… @medical_xpress

I wrote an article about patience, inspired by the slowest drivers in Maryland and my own elevated heart rate. Impatience often feels very justified. It could also be quietly wrecking your health, happiness and blood pressure - but it's trainable time.com/7353412/patien…

@FuchsWriter @DrEricGarland "Will XR Become the Next Frontier in Healing Substance Use Disorders? frontiersin.org/journals/virtu…" via @FrontComputSci.