Elana Spivack

Elana Spivack reports on science and health for Inverse from New York City. Other bylines include Popular Science, Lady Science, BitchMedia, and more. Elana has a Masters in Journalism from NYU Science Health Environmental Reporting Program. When not reporting, she contributes satire to McSweeney's, Reductress, and others. You can find her published work at elanaspivack.com and her tweets under @elanaspivack.

Health

Gwyneth Paltrow-Endorsed Ozone Therapy is "Fantasy at Best, Harmful at Worst,” Gastroenterologist Says

First jade eggs in your vulva, now this.

Health

Understudied Hormonal Birth Control Pill Linked to Cancer — But It’s Complicated

If you take hormonal birth control pills, read this.

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How Poisonous Are Blowfish? A Fish Biologist Reveals the Truth About The Deadly Delicacy

Everything is edible; some things are only edible once.

Health

This Artificial Sweetener Has a Surprising Effect on the Immune System

A mouse study shows a unique benefit of Splenda.

Longevity Hacks

Mastering This Involuntary Behavior Could Help You Control Your Nervous System

The good news is that you always have a chance to re-do a breath (until you don’t).

Science

This Is the Most Complex Reconstruction of a Brain Ever — And It's Tiny

The inner machinations of a baby fruit fly’s mind are a little less of an enigma.

Science

Flamingos’ Social Lives are Full of Cliques, New Study Reveals

Birds of a feather... really enjoy hanging out with each other!

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Is Natural Wine Better For You?

Aside from a unique flavor, this wine doesn’t differ much.

Longevity Hacks

Your Internal Clock Might Help You Optimize Your Workouts

Circadian rhythm isn’t just sleeping and waking.

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Are Eggs Healthy for You? A Chicken Expert Weights In

As egg prices soar, it’s a good moment to re-evaluate the food’s place in our diet.

The Future of Love

The Emerging Science of Touch Reveals How Much We Don’t Yet Know About Pleasure

Perhaps the beauty of love is that one doesn’t need a unified scientific theory in order to feel it.

Longevity hacks

Asking yourself one fun question could help boost your well-being and longevity

It’s a pleasant part of the future you can control.

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Longevity Hacks

One daily social practice could help stave off dementia

Isolation is a risk factor for dementia, like depression or smoking.

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Longevity hacks

These Easy Practices Could Significantly Reduce Your Risk of Long Covid

Make this the year for small, healthy habits.

Mind and Body

Scientists mapped the brain circuitry involved in pleasurable touch in mice

A mouse study completes a skin-spine-brain circuit of gentle touch.

Longevity hacks

Overthinking? This New Kind of Therapy May Finally Provide An Antidote

This type of therapy takes aim at persistent rumination.

Future of You

Why the future of periods could be none at all

A growing body of evidence suggests continuous birth control is an option more people who menstruate should be given.

Longevity Hacks

Swapping Cigarettes for Vaping May Help You Quit — but There’s a Catch

A study shows that changes occur at the RNA level in the lungs.

Longevity hacks

Cutting back on deli meats may lower your risk of this chronic illness

Why is everything delicious trying to kill us?

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Can spicy foods cure colds? A neuroscientist reveals the encouraging truth

Spicy food does nothing against the rhinovirus, but it can ease symptoms.