Book Review

The Bitch Is Back

Are menopausal women mad, bad, and dangerous? Yes—but they’re really just returning to normal.

Gluttony Without Gluten

It’s easy, with the help of good new products and even better books.

Building a Better Bug

Can scientists beat malaria by reengineering the mosquito?

The High-Tech Highball

At the Aviary, in Chicago, bartenders experiment with cocktails that evolve as you sip them

Home Remedy

A small town solves its physician shortage

Bug Nuggets

Is the world ready for soy-glazed mealworms?

How to Land Your Kid in Therapy

Obsessing over our children's happiness may doom them to miserable adulthoods.

The Triumph of New-Age Medicine

Why many doctors are embracing long-maligned alternative treatments

Chef City

In Las Vegas, famous restaurateurs are finally making meals to match the hype.

Perverse Incentives

Gynecologists cash in on an intimate new market

Can the Manhattan Go Suburban?

Chain restaurants embrace the high-end cocktail.

Hear Me Now?

The Verizon Guy gets his life back.

Valencia Is Burning

Each spring, Spanish artists construct masterpieces—and then set them ablaze at the party of the year.

Sister Schmuck Takes a Stand

A nun fights to recover her good name.

The Nostalgia Trap

In Brooklyn and London, the future is losing to the past.

The Joy of Not Cooking

High-end retailers are counting on us to spend more money on our kitchens—even as we spend less time in them.

Phosphate With a Twist

A long-forgotten soft drink is helping create surprising new cocktails.

Rebirth of the Guinea Hens

In the wilds of Pennsylvania, a beleaguered flock of fowl rebounds.

The Moral Crusade Against Foodies

Gluttony dressed up as foodie-ism is still gluttony.

The Hangover Cure

A review of alleged hangover remedies, ancient and modern

“God Help You. You're on Dialysis.”

Shockingly error-prone and brutally expensive, our federally funded system of dialysis care is failing. A year-long investigation reveals why—and what may lie ahead for health-care reform.

Gunpowder on the Rocks

A New Zealand bartender learns what pirates and sailors knew long ago: explosives and liquor mix just fine.

A More Perfect Union

In San Francisco, two dominant trends of the cocktail world are converging, with exquisite results.

Who Invented the Cocktail?

That depends on how you define invented. And cocktail.

Outback Steakhouse

Australia’s bush meat is tasty, healthy, and enviro-friendly. But can you get people to eat it?

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Miami: The Next Big Start-Up City?

How the city became a center for innovation

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A Brief History of Romantic Comedies

From The Atlantic's Chris Orr

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Life in 'the New Arctic'

A moving portrait of a fading landscape

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The Rise of New York City

A fascinating look at Manhattan in the 1940s

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What Is Methane Hydrate?

"Flaming ice" is a vast natural energy source

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NASA's Time-Lapse of the Sun

Now with epic dubstep music

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

'That little blonde secretary from the office?’

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New Yorkers: Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps

Risking electric shock to restore old amplifiers

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The DIY Piano-Bicycle

Everybody needs a hobby

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