Arabella Simpson

From paging a doctor to radioing one on the ground, airlines have ways of coping with illness. But none of them are ideal. It was a moment straight out of a movie.Cyrus Komer, MD, was flying on Delta Airlines from Boston to Vancouver, Canada, on a ski vacation, when a flight attendant asked a question over the PA system: “Is there a doctor onboard?” Komer, a physician specializing in internal medicine, who had never before been confronted with an in-flight medical situation, hesitated.

There’s a science-backed reason why horror can calm people down Laura Turner was on a road trip in Iceland with her brother when she found an unconventional method to manage her anxiety: watching horror movies. “It Follows and The Thing provided a really great distraction from the reality of having just had a miscarriage; I could totally forget about my anxiety for a while because the movies were just so completely immersive,” she says.

It’s the last long haul of summer vacation, aka road trip season . Whether you’re taking a day trip to the closest beach, or spending 11 hours in an un-air-conditioned van with your family—well, we’ve got your road trip snack horoscope to help you reach your destination. That’s right: a snack for every sign of the hungry Zodiac. Buckle your seatbelt and read your August horoscope, below. You live for fun.