James Hamblin
The Big-Data Quest to Treat Every Disease
Inside Obama's new initiative to personalize health care
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Toru Hanai / Reuters The Jordan Peterson All-Meat Diet
The famous psychologist and his daughter swear by a regimen of eating only beef. Restriction can provide a sense of order in a world of chaos—but at what point does restriction become a disorder?
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Stefano Rellandini / Reuters A Daily Drink Is Almost Certainly Not Going to Hurt You
Some reassuring context for a study that warns there is “no safe level of alcohol consumption.”
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Ciro De Luca / Reuters The Vindication of Cheese, Butter, and Full-Fat Milk
A new study exonerates dairy fats as a cause of early death, even as low-fat products continue to be misperceived as healthier.
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Richard Vogel / AP The New Model for a Health-First Approach to Legalizing Weed
Canada’s marijuana legalization offers lessons for the rest of the world.
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Jorge Silva / Reuters Climate Change Is Going to Make Scott Pruitt Need So Much Moisturizer
The EPA administrator’s apparent taste for fancy lotion will become more expensive if his agency continues to undermine efforts to address the planet's warming.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Disingenuousness of ‘Right to Try’
The new law has a catchy name, but it will only make it more difficult to know if medication is effective or safe.
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Tina Fineberg / AP The Scientific Case for Two Spaces After a Period
A new study proves that half of people are correct. The other is also correct.
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Mary Altaffer / AP The Problem With Trump Dictating His Own Medical Assessment
A superlative evaluation of physical health becomes a failed test of character.
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Paul Sakuma / AP Salad Panic
The CDC finally gets people interested in lettuce.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP The Doctor Who Suddenly Got 9 Million Patients
For a position that demands high-level policy expertise, President Trump appointed his personal physician, Ronny Jackson.
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exopixel / shutterstock / Katie Martin / The ... What Are Active-Shooter Drills Doing to Kids?
The psychological effects of realistic simulations could be dangerous.
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Rich Pedroncelli / AP If Porn Could Be Banned, Why Not AR-15s?
People willing to discuss regulations on sex-related media should conceivably be open to discussing further regulation of firearms.
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Frazer Harrison / BAFTA LA / Getty / ... This Is Not a Sex Panic
Stories of gray areas are exactly what more men need to hear.
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Alex Brandon / AP The President Can Draw a Clock
The cognitive test that Trump passed was neither thorough nor difficult.
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Library of Congress / Joe Raedle / Getty ... Is Something Neurologically Wrong With Donald Trump?
It is best not to diagnose the president from afar, which is why the federal government needs a system to evaluate him up close.
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Branden Camp / AP Other Words Trump Could Silence
Beyond “fetus” and “transgender”
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Matt York / AP Here Comes the Meat Tax
Paying more for environmentally harmful foods may be inevitable.
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Kirn Vintage Stock / Getty / Zak Bickel ... How Spanking Affects Later Relationships
There is clear evidence that it’s best to show children relationship skills that never escalate to physical harm.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters What Is This 'Christmas' You Speak Of?
President Trump has been attempting to call more attention to the country's most popular holiday.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Trump's Food Choices Grow More Disconcerting
A new memoir implicates the Filet-O-Fish in a 2,400-calorie dinner.
