Stress

There are plenty of wearables you can strap to various parts of your body to monitor activity and fitness, but the Happy Ring wants to be the first to prioritize monitoring your mood and stress levels. The smart ring is the first product from Happy Health, a technology company founded by, among others, Dr. Dustin Freckleton and Sean Rad. Freckleton has already experimented with wearable tech, having been part of the troubled hydration monitoring LVL wearable project, while Rad is best known for founding the dating…

Breathing is one of the most basic functions of the human body. It’s so basic that our bodies often do it without us even having to think about it. But experts say that breathing can also have extremely helpful effects, including the ability to stop stress before it sends you into a panicked state. A simple breathing trick can stop stress in its tracks Image source: fizkes / AdobeAndrew Huberman, a neuroscientist and a professor at Stanford, shared insight into how effective breathing can stop stress in a…

Alec Baldwin says the death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has cost him acting jobs and taken “years” off his life due to stress.The 64-year-old actor fatally shot Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza on the Rust set on 21 October, after assistant director David Halls allegedly handed him a prop gun that turned out to be loaded with live ammunition.In a new interview with CNN, Baldwin said he’d lost out on five jobs due to the fallout from the shooting, which he denies responsibility for. “I got fired from…

Sea snails—the picture shows a pteropod—play an important role in the marine food web. They are especially sensitive to ocean warming and acidification. Credit: Charlotte Havermans It's not just the land that is groaning under the heat—the ocean is also suffering from heatwaves. In the Mediterranean Sea along the Italian and Spanish coasts, for example, water temperatures are currently up to 5 °C higher than the long-term…

Imagine you've just completed a tough upper-body workout. Your muscles feel a bit tired, but all in all, you're able to go about the rest of your day just fine.The next morning, you wake up and realize the back of your shoulder blade feels stiff. When you rub your shoulder muscles, it feels like you're prodding a little gumball under your skin. Every time you try to move it around, the area feels tight, with slight pangs of pain.  Over the course of the next few days, your back slowly loosens up and, eventually, your…

High levels of stress and pressure can leave you feeling awful. Fortunately, science offers a few unusual ways to provide some relief.Many people experience extremely high levels of stress and anxiety. What do you do when work pressures, family pressures, and financial pressures come together to leave you overwhelmed and panicked? If you’re one of the lucky ones, you’re able to get a good night’s sleep and lower your stress somewhat. Even so, if you’re prone to stress, sleep, exercise, and time off can only do so much for…

It’s been a really stressful few years. We’ve all been living through pandemics (plural!), political upheaval, economic awfulness — you name it. And this isn’t even mentioning the normal pressure of work and family. So how do you deal? We asked the staff of The Verge to let us know how they cope with the anxiety and pressures of living in today’s world (including having to write about these problems on a day-to-day basis). We got a variety of answers, ranging from running and meditation to pulling weeds and creating…

Moderate levels of stress can help individuals develop resilience and reduce the risk of developing mental health disorders, according to new research.Low to moderate levels of stress may help build resilience while reducing the risk of mental illness.Stress is often thought of as entirely bad, and can at times feel like an anvil hanging over your head. However, that looming deadline stressing you out at work may actually be beneficial for your brain. This is according to new research from the Youth Development Institute…

One Republic star Ryan Tedder has said the climate crisis is one of the things that keeps him up at night.In a recent interview on Australian podcast Smallzy’s Surgery, the prolific songwriter and producer discussed “I Ain’t Worried”, the hit single he wrote for Top Gun: Maverick. After discussing topics including the indie sensibilities of contemporary chart music, along with how he came to write “I Ain’t Worried”, Tedder was asked by host Smallzy what he was worried about. He said he wasn’t worried about issues such as…

Learning navigation platform Career Karma has laid off 60 people across its United States and global teams, CEO and co-founder Ruben Harris confirmed to TechCrunch. While he did not share the percentage total of those impacted, sources say a third of staff was let go. C-suite was not impacted by the workforce reduction, Harris said. The startup, founded in 2018 by Harris, Artur Meyster and Timur Meyster, links students to learning bootcamps and educational programs that fit their career and upskilling goals. The end…