Amanda Mull
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Alex Wong / Getty The Saddest Leafy Green
America never really liked kale.
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Rebecca Nelson / Getty Talk to People on the Telephone
It’s time to start calling your friends again.
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Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters Vaping Falls in Trump’s Crosshairs
A national ban on flavored e-cigarettes is coming.
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Toshiro Shimada / Getty Vaping’s Plausible Deniability Is Going Up in Smoke
Ongoing FDA investigations and a spate of hospitalizations show that “safer than cigarettes” does not mean safe.
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ribkaizpruda / Shutterstock Scrunchies Are Little Rainbow Reminders That Millennials Are Old
There’s a reason the return of retro trends bothers so many people.
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Veronica Winters / Shutterstock White Claw Is What Happens When Being Cool Becomes Exhausting
Here’s to giving up.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic I Gooped Myself
I spent $1,279 of The Atlantic’s money on creams, crystals, and a vibrator from Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness empire. Things got weird.
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Nathan Mead / Getty Putting Kids on Diets Won’t Solve Anything
Weight Watchers has a new app for children as young as 8. It might be better for the company than it is for pediatric health.
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Paul Taylor / Getty America Has Never Been So Desperate for Tomato Season
A mundane joy in a season fraught with despair
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James Leynse / Corbis / Getty Always Have Three Beverages
The correct number of drinks to keep at your desk
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Maja Hitij / Getty The Tender Power of Astrology Memes
It’s not you, it’s Mercury retrograde.
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Peter Cade / Ascent Xmedia / Getty Canned Cocktails Give Millennials What They’ve Always Desired
The perfect drink for a medium-fancy generation
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Keystone View / FPG / Getty I Found the Key to the Kingdom of Sleep
It’s my foot.
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David Zalubowski / AP The Canine Craze for Cannabis
The CBD market for pets has exploded. But there’s no way to verify what your unsuspecting pup is ingesting.
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David McNew / Getty Elon Musk’s Next Wild Promise
If someone is going to revolutionize what it means to be human, do we want it to be a tech titan?
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Richard Drury / Getty The Rise of Coffee Shaming
Personal-finance gurus really hate coffee.
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Melissa Ross / Getty A Potential Hidden Factor in Why People Have So Much Trouble Losing Weight
A new study in mice points to how cell biology, not willpower, might be the root of yo-yo dieting.
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Thinkstock Images / Getty Why Americans Just Can’t Quit Their Microwaves
The quest for a quick dinner fix is eternal.
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Jo McRyan / Getty America Has Reached Peak Mask
In only a few years, the country’s beauty market has completely transformed.
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Klaus Vedfeldt / Getty How Americans Decided Dogs Can’t Eat Grains
A new warning about dog food underscores a problem with certain diets that goes beyond pets.
