Emma Young
Contributor
Emma Young is an award-winning science and health journalist and the author of Sane: How I shaped up my mind, improved my mental strength, and found calm. A former reporter and editor for New Scientist, working in London and Sydney, she now freelances from an attic in Sheffield. As E L Young (in the UK, Emma in the USA), she is also the author of the STORM series of science-based thrillers for kids.
Emma’s stories
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Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening
In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Why won’t other countries follow suit?
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Why are so many of us over-sensitive?
Being overly sensitive to sights and sounds can be deeply traumatic, but there may be an upside. By Emma Young.
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Eat to treat
We know that our diet has a huge influence on our health, but is it possible to use food as medicine for a specific disease? Emma Young, who has type 2 diabetes, is sceptical but intrigued.
Work published elsewhere
Sane, by Emma Young
Sane: How I shaped up my mind, improved my mental strength, and found calm
Vagus thinking: Meditate your way to better health
Deprive yourself: the real benefits of fasting
Gut instincts: the secrets of your second brain
Learning to forget