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The end of psychedelic prohibition will have to wait a little while longer.
No one is immune to loneliness. But some are more at risk.
Your morality isn’t as stable as you might think.
Being an only child doesn’t mess you up for life. We promise.
Ovaries age faster than the rest of the body. Figuring out how to slow menopause might help all of us age better.
The long, maddening, glorious, vital fight against factory farming.
The neglected environmental and health benefits of fighting Big Meat — for humans.
We are living through an inflection point in America’s relationship with guns. There may be no going back.
Now isn’t the time to stop funding key public health programs.
Blood-based biopsies could make screening less icky — if we can make them more accurate.
More of a mathlete than an athlete? A gold medal mindset can help you do almost anything better.
Buffett’s decision to put his money into a foundation controlled by his kids is a mistake.
Here’s how to keep one from ruining your day.
Too many Americans can’t find a doctor. Michael Bloomberg is donating $1 billion to Johns Hopkins to try to change that.
Originally marketed squarely at young men, they’re now coming for women’s wallets.
A definitive guide to managing your children’s tech.
Why speculation over the president’s health refuses to die down.
The strange ways we do (and don’t) consume glizzies.
France held back the far right. No one knows what’s next.
The fight to fund Gavi, the international vaccine fund, explained.
A conversation with author Nathalie Etoke on Black existentialism and the case for tragic optimism.
Scientists spent ages mocking panpsychism. Now, some are warming to the idea that plants, cells, and even atoms are conscious.
The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?
But which country comes first in happiness completely changes depending on how you measure.
The US doesn‘t have federal heat protections. A standard would save lives. As a heat dome suffocates much of the East, it‘s becoming more apparent that we need better standards in the face of climate change.
I spent years in Africa as an epidemiologist. Here’s what I saw.
The debate over maternal deaths, explained.
Beer for a tan? Garlic cloves for sinuses? Don’t fall for the firehose of health BS online.
My family reunion is in South Carolina. Essential care for my high-risk pregnancy is not.
The ripple effects of the fall of Roe extend far beyond abortion.
Americans are confronting a whole new reality of patchwork abortion access after the Dobbs decision.
What is the wet bulb temperature? And why is it so important?
Scientists are testing futuristic tools to dismantle antibiotic resistance.
Why critics call the company pushing to legalize MDMA a “therapy cult.”
What the surgeon general wants to do for kids safety leaves the rest of us behind.
Retracted studies and new treatments reveal the confusing state of Alzheimer’s research.
Advocating for yourself might not be as awkward as you think.
The debate that will steer the future of consciousness — and us.