It’s 11 a.m. on a Monday and I’m in my underwear, standing inside a sci-fi-like version of an airport security scanner. This is my first body scan. I’m about to have my insides documented in a process ...

Can I Help You? Category: Young; A harvest mouse peers out from behind stalks of wheat. The Close Up Photographer Of The Year competition has unveiled its shortlist of amazing photos showcasing nature ...

In his novel Dubliners, James Joyce wrote of Mr Duffy, “he lived a short distance from his body.” Like Mr. Duffy, many of us don’t fully inhabit our bodies. Why should we? There are lots of norms ...

This story first appeared on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in The Strategist Beauty Brief, a weekly newsletter in which our beauty writers share their must-tries, can-skips, and can’t-live-withouts. But ...

Spring, Winner, Young Close-up Photographer of the Year 6; European Bee-eater in mid-flight with insect in its beak The Close-up Photographer of the Year organization (CUPOTY) has announced the ...

When I chose to freeze my eggs — something that took me two years to mull over and decide — I sought out the consult of women my age who had already done the same. A frequent warning I got was about a ...

Throughout my life, I always associated working out with losing weight. Because I’d never had a weight problem or been a ...

Two years ago, I started hearing sounds from my body — whispers in the form of aches, fatigue and odd little symptoms that didn’t quite add up. I was a thriving mother, a shareholder in a multimillion ...