As a recent immigrant to California who came from Southern Europe, some local rituals are still new to me. It is the case for the one scheduled for tomorrow: Thanksgiving. Originally created to celebrate the first harvest of the Pilgrims on the American soil , it is now a very important family gathering – and,...

You might already know that our nervous system extends to our gut – it’s called the enteric nervous system and it’s been popularized by many articles and books, such as The Second Brain. But there is something else there worth noticing there: bacteria. We have between 1013 and 1014 microorganisms in our gastrointestinal system –...

We live in a world where we have given the right to all sorts of electronically savvy service providers to surround us with constant solicitations.  To exist as 21st century social animals, we are supposed to “tweet”, “blog”, “facebook”, “link in”, “skype”, phone, listen to radio, watch TV, text messages and jiggle our tablets and...