When it comes to fertility, many couples find themselves on a winding road of tests, treatments, and sometimes, frustration. Assisted reproductive technology has come a long way, but not every path leads to IVF. Increasingly, people in Singapore are towards ancient practices that modern science is starting to take seriously. […]

Sitting inside a shamanic sweat lodge called a temazcal in Oaxaca, Mexico. Its thick earthen walls surround me, and my feet sink into the damp soil below. A shaman burns herbs sacred to his people, chanting words I don’t understand, while the air fills with the smoky scent of sage […]