Start the New Year with a Healthier Mind and Body

Your guide to a healthier, happier you in 2025. View in browser As the new year begins, it's a pivotal moment to prioritize nurturing a healthy mind and body. From adopting diverse diets rooted in our evolutionary history to developing habits that truly stick, these science-backed insights can help you start the year strong. Challenge yourself, learn something new, and fuel your curiosity with 30% off a digital subscription to Scientific American. Subscribe A Fresh Start for Your Well-Being Is 'Bed Rotting' Good or Bad for Your Sleep? The grueling stretch between New Year's Day and springtime can seem interminable. Read More How Long Does It Really Take to Form a Habit? Waking up at the crack of dawn and going for a run might feel intimidating when you start trying to make it a habit. Read More Sitting in a Chair All Day Can Lead to Disease There is a golden rule for writers who hope to get any writing done: keep your butt in the chair. Read More To Follow the Real Early Human Diet, Eat Everything Paul Saladino is stripped to the waist, biceps bulging as he works a butcher's saw back and forth across a cow femur.  Read More Advanced Meditation Alters Consciousness and Our Basic Sense of Self Mobile apps have brought meditation techniques to smartphones, enabling a new era in meditative practice. Read More Get 30% Off Digital Get digital access to the latest research, ideas and knowledge in science. Subscribe You received this email because you opted in to receive email from Scientific American or you have registered for an account with Scientific American.  To ensure delivery please add news@scientificamerican.com to your address book.  Unsubscribe | Email Preferences | Privacy Policy | Contact Us