Intolerance

There's an invisible and unrelenting force acting on your bowels right now, and it may be causing some people serious irritation.No one really knows how or why irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) develops, but gastroenterologist Brennan Spiegel from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles outlined a weighty new hypothesis in 2022.In his paper, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Spiegel argues IBS is triggered by the body's inability to manage gravity.Our bowels, Spiegel explains, are like a big sack of…

Intimate and heartbreaking, Yana Ugrekhelidze’s documentary opens with a frightening sight. Splashed across the screen are images of anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrations in Georgia, in which participants angrily wish death upon the queer community. For Alexander, a transgender man who struggles to survive in an environment stifled by intolerance, the most trivial, everyday interactions hold the threat of doxing and persecution. Forever lurking in the shadows, he can only be himself in the privacy of his own home.Particularly…

This figure indicates under what conditions redistribution of wealth prevents intolerance. The area in green is safe from an invasion of intolerance. In the orange regions, redistribution of wealth can restore tolerance, even after intolerance has invaded one subpopulation, while the yellow population can prevent intolerance through redistribution of wealth only if applied before intolerance appears. Blue lines limit the parameter regions where…

There's an invisible and relentless force acting on your bowels right now, and it might be causing some people serious irritation.No one really knows how or why irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) develops, but gastroenterologist Brennan Spiegel from Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles has outlined a weighty new hypothesis.In a paper published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Spiegel argues IBS is triggered by the body's inability to manage gravity.Our bowels, Spiegel explains, are like a big sack of potatoes…

Reacting strongly to veteran actor-director Amol Palekar being interrupted during a speech at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in Mumbai when he criticised the government and was prevented from completing his speech, multiple award-winning author Nayantara Sahgal has said that the country is not facing intolerance anymore but is under outright dictatorship. "It's becoming a habit of this government to stop people from speaking freely. It's not intolerance anymore, it is outright dictatorship. We have all…

Some of the most common foods that people are allergic to include shellfish, eggs, peanuts, soy foods, wheat, sesame, tree nuts, fish, and milk.Many people confuse food allergies and food intolerances, but they’re two different things. Understanding the difference is important if you experience allergy-like symptoms after eating certain foods.What is a Food Allergy?A food allergy occurs when your immune system overreacts to certain proteins in foods. When you consume foods you’re allergic to, it triggers immune cells in…