Digest for 12/30/2025

When is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: Refreshing your mind for 10 minutes a day, simply by being mindful and experiencing the present moment. (No need for incense or sitting in uncomfortable positions.)

Can we break bad habits by being more curious about them? Psychiatrist Judson Brewer studies the relationship between mindfulness and addiction -- from smoking to overeating to all those other things we do even though we know they're bad for us.

MIT researcher Pratik Shah is working on a clever system that could deliver medical services to remote areas or anywhere resources are limited -- using artificial intelligence to diagnose diseases from photos taken with a basic cell phone camera.

Physician-scientist Daniel Kraft demos his Marrow Miner and surveys other astonishing medical tools coming soon, from organ printers to personalized medicine.

For all that's ever been said about climate change, we haven't heard nearly enough about the psychological impacts of living in such an uncertain time. TED Fellow Britt Wray shares insights on 'climate grief' and how it affects our mental health.

Public health researcher Kristie Ebi explains how rising CO2 levels are reducing the nutritional value of staple crops, potentially leading to widespread malnutrition and health issues.

For a long time, we’ve talked about climate change as an existential threat. We should: it is. But we should also think about it as a health problem, says physician Cheryl Holder. She points out that climate change has a disproportionate impact on the health of people in poverty, and shares ways to help mitigate these effects.