Health

The Girl Who Turned to Bone

Unexpected discoveries in the quest to cure an extraordinary skeletal condition show how medically relevant rare diseases can be.

Carl Zimmer May 22, 2013

The Unexpected Ways a Fetus Is Shaped by a Mother's Environment

New research on first impressions

Lindsay Abrams May 22, 2013

How Not to Die

Angelo Volandes's low-tech, high-empathy plan to revolutionize end-of-life care

Jonathan Rauch Apr 24, 2013

What Makes Us Happy, Revisited

A new look at the famous Harvard study of what makes people thrive

Scott Stossel Apr 24, 2013

Various Ways You Might Accidentally Get Drunk

We don't always know when we're standing over a large deposit of iron ore.

James Hamblin Apr 24, 2013

Do We Change Our Minds on Abortion When It Affects Us Directly?

Three suggestive stats

Apr 24, 2013

The Queen Bee’s Guide to Parenting

What the animal kingdom can teach us about raising families

Lindsay Abrams Mar 20, 2013

The Robot Will See You Now

Technology is about to revolutionize health care. How far will automation go? Will doctors still be necessary?

Jonathan Cohn Feb 20, 2013

You Can Be Too Beautiful

Studies suggest that physical perfection isn’t always advantageous.

James Hamblin Feb 20, 2013

Awakening

A terrifying problem for anesthesia is forcing medicine to confront an age-old question: What does it mean to be conscious?

Joshua Lang Jan 2, 2013

Does Tequila Make Us Crazy?

Researchers say no, but drinkers say yes.

Wayne Curtis Aug 22, 2012

Cognac’s Identity Crisis

How the liquor’s marketing success among both rappers and codgers has blinded consumers to its subtler pleasures

Wayne Curtis May 21, 2012

“What Man Can Make of Man”

James Bennet May 21, 2012

The Perfected Self

Once denounced by critics as a fascist idea, "behavior modification" is making a comeback, powered by smartphone apps that aim to transform us into better versions of ourselves.

David H. Freedman May 21, 2012

Six Rules for Dining Out

How a frugal economist finds the perfect lunch

Tyler Cowen Apr 2, 2012

The Secret Ingredient

Liquor companies love to claim they use closely guarded, centuries-old recipes. Usually it’s just marketing.

Wayne Curtis Feb 27, 2012

Daddy Issues

Why caring for my aging father has me wishing he would die

Sandra Tsing Loh Feb 6, 2012

McMasterpiece

An Italian celebrity chef designs a fast-food burger.

Stephan Faris Feb 6, 2012

How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy

Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia?

Kathleen McAuliffe Feb 6, 2012

My Nutmeg Bender

The surprising intoxicant hidden in your spice rack

Wayne Curtis Dec 29, 2011

All His Children

A sperm donor discovers his rich, unsettling legacy.

Robin Romm Oct 26, 2011

The New Scarcity

Our cover story is the latest installment in a conversation dating back to 1859.

James Bennet Oct 3, 2011

The Quiet Health-Care Revolution

How a company’s mix of high-tech (wireless scales) and low-tech (regular toenail-clipping) strategies is transforming health care

Tom Main and Adrian Slywotzky Oct 3, 2011

From Tiki to Tacky—and Back

A taste of cocktail Americana comes in from the cold.

Wayne Curtis Oct 3, 2011

All the Single Ladies

More American women are single than ever before. Here's why, and what it means for sex and the family.

Kate Bolick Sep 30, 2011