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Brian Fung

Brian Fung

Brian Fung is an associate editor at The Atlantic. He has written previously for Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, and Talking Points Memo.

The Atlantic Food Summit: A Twitter Summary

If you missed The Atlantic's Food Summit yesterday, we've pulled together some of the top tweets and images from the event.… More »

The Anatomy of a Videogame-Scare Story

The Anatomy of a Videogame-Scare Story

How weak correlations and scant research were spun up into an argument about how videogames and porn are leading to "the demise of guys."… More »

Teaching Old Chips New Tricks: The Red One Means Stop

Teaching Old Chips New Tricks: The Red One Means Stop

Inserting visual markers into prepackaged foods could help us avoid overeating.… More »

Infographic: A Fast Food Burger Is 3 Times Larger Now Than in the 1950s

Infographic: A Fast Food Burger Is 3 Times Larger Now Than in the 1950s

In order to fight obesity, the CDC argues for resisting portion size inflation.… More »

Are Medical Providers Jacking Up Prices Just Because They Can?

Are Medical Providers Jacking Up Prices Just Because They Can?

A massive new database reveals that hospitals and other providers are to blame for recent increases in healthcare spending.… More »

Does Organic Food Make You a Judgmental Jerk? Maybe

Does Organic Food Make You a Judgmental Jerk? Maybe

The caricature of the snooty health nut may have some basis in reality.… More »

Today in Silly Health Scares: Looking at Your Phone Makes Your Face Saggy

Today in Silly Health Scares: Looking at Your Phone Makes Your Face Saggy

Don't believe a word of it. Or if you do, take it with a very large grain of salt.… More »

Ditching Saturated Fats Could Improve Memory and Cognition

Ditching Saturated Fats Could Improve Memory and Cognition

Saturated fats don't just clog your arteries -- they hinder your brain's effectiveness, too.… More »

Engineering a More Nutritious Banana

Engineering a More Nutritious Banana

Enhancing the humble fruit could be an efficient way to improve global health.… More »

Eureka! When a Blow to the Head Creates a Sudden Genius

Eureka! When a Blow to the Head Creates a Sudden Genius

Brain trauma can sometimes reveal extraordinary talents in people. Now, savant syndrome is helping to create whole new fields of scientific discovery.… More »

NIH Study: Coffee Really Does Make You Live Longer, After All

NIH Study: Coffee Really Does Make You Live Longer, After All

Just don't smoke while you're sipping your joe.… More »

Study: Longer Commutes Mean Larger Waistlines

Study: Longer Commutes Mean Larger Waistlines

More research confirms that our commutes pose a chronic health hazard.… More »

In Defense of the Junk Food Photo-Op

In Defense of the Junk Food Photo-Op

Photos of President Obama tucking into a burger sends the wrong health message to Americans, a doctors' group says. Should politicians give up junk food on the campaign trail?… More »

The Deadliness of Income Inequality

The Deadliness of Income Inequality

America's growing wealth gap isn't just an economic problem. It's a public health problem, too.… More »

How Your Brain Avoids Mental Traffic Jams

How Your Brain Avoids Mental Traffic Jams

To keep from tripping over one another, different parts of your brain run at different speeds.… More »

Nerd Vision: Up to 90% of Asian Schoolkids Are Nearsighted

Nerd Vision: Up to 90% of Asian Schoolkids Are Nearsighted

What seems like an implausibly high figure may not be far off the mark, after all.… More »

Unless We Shape Up, 42% of Us Will Be Obese Within 20 Years

Unless We Shape Up, 42% of Us Will Be Obese Within 20 Years

More evidence from the Centers for Disease Control suggests we're letting our weight get the better of us.… More »

A Video Game Where Players Help Real Doctors Diagnose Malaria

A Video Game Where Players Help Real Doctors Diagnose Malaria

How harnessing the power of crowds is leading to major medical breakthroughs… More »

How Did Vladimir Lenin Really Die?

How Did Vladimir Lenin Really Die?

An annual conference on famous dead people reopens Lenin's autopsy report.… More »

You Know Who Else Had a Medical File? Hitler

You Know Who Else Had a Medical File? Hitler

Turns out Hitler was a healthy guy -- physically, at least.… More »

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