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Chloe Le got a mild case of COVID-19. Her husband, Ted, ended up in the ICU. Chloe spent weeks in a race against a bottlenecked system, trying to donate her plasma to Ted and hopefully save his life.
Courtesy of Chloe Le / The Atlantic Identical Twins Hint at How Environments Change Gene Expression
Studying twins has long offered insight into the interplay of nature and nurture. Epigenetics is the next frontier.
Erika Hayasaki How Motherhood Affects Creativity
Cultural messages tell women that making art and having children are incompatible pursuits. But science suggests that women may become more creative after having kids.
Hein Koh Can Your DNA Tell You the Healthiest Way to Live Your Life?
Genetic-sequencing companies are going beyond ancestry and disease risk to offer specific lifestyle recommendations.
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How childhood memories shape us, even after we've forgotten them
Minnikova Mariia / Shutterstock / Zak Bickel / The Atlantic Batgirl's Psychologist
By applying characters' fictional psyches to real-life problems, a cosplay enthusiast turned a passion for comic books into a mental-health career.
Drowning in Corn
The story of one teenager's near-death experience inside the grain bin that killed his friends
Life of a Police Officer: Medically and Psychologically Ruinous
The intensely challenging job of law enforcement is linked to many health issues. I met a former officer who tried to protect my high school friend and learned the effect her death had on him.
Lucas Jackson/Reuters A Lesser-Known Dementia That Steals Personality
Frontotemporal dementia, unlike Alzheimer's, often hits people in the prime of their lives, and can make them act like a completely different person.
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