America’s Unending Tragedy
Two decades after Columbine, Americans remain split as to whether guns are dangerous or essential—and the school shootings continue.
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Nir Elias / Reuters What We Still Don’t Know About Marijuana
(A lot.)
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Charles Krupa / AP How France Cut Heroin Overdoses by 79 Percent in 4 Years
And the United States could, too
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China Stringer Network / Reuters The Myth of 'Learning Styles'
A popular theory that some people learn better visually or aurally keeps getting debunked.
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Robert Galbraith / Reuters The States Where People Die Young
A new study explores where and why Americans are dying early.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters How DACA Helps Curb Teen Pregnancy
Research shows the program, which protects undocumented young immigrants from deportation, encourages them to stay in school and delay parenthood.
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Beawiharta Beawiharta / Reuters The Diet That Might Cure Depression
Several studies show that healthy eating is connected with better mood.
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Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters Why People Don't Take Lifesaving Medications
People are remarkably bad at getting on and sticking with drug regimens—even when those drugs stop AIDS.
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic The Blesser's Curse
How sugar daddies and vaginal microbes created the world’s largest HIV epidemic
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Gretchen Ertl / Reuters Why a Study on Opioids Ignited a Twitter Firestorm
A paper on overdose-reversal drugs reached a conclusion no one liked. The pushback raised questions about sexism and scientific methods.
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Andrew Burton / Reuters How the Great Recession Hurt Americans' Health
As jobs evaporated, blood pressure skyrocketed.
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BSIP / Getty Why So Many of Us Die of Heart Disease
Evolution doomed us to have vital organs fail. For years, experts failed us, too.
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Gustav Stening / Getty Uber, but for Getting to the Hospital
The ride-sharing company is launching a service that allows doctors to hail cars for their patients.
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Kevin Riddell / AP Trump's Call for Mental Institutions Could Be Good
Bringing back asylums isn't actually the worst idea.
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Bogdan Cristel / Reuters The Frustrating Inadequacy of Antidepressants
Why Prozac and its ilk so often fail, and why the future of psychiatry might be psychedelics
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TT News Agency The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM
A new study explores a strange paradox: In countries that empower women, they are less likely to choose math and science professions.
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Broward County Sheriff / Reuters So You Think Someone Might Be Mentally Ill
In the wake of mass shootings, some blame a failure to spot the signs of mental illness. But myriad obstacles stand in the way of getting someone good mental-health treatment.
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Mike Hutchings / Reuters Big-City Life on Very Little Water
In Cape Town, people are restricted to just a fraction of the typical amount of water. From showering in buckets to special pee spray, here’s how they’re coping.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Surprising Ease of Buying Fentanyl Online
To get extremely potent opioids, users turn to the dark web—and sometimes, Google.
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Tim Wimborne / Reuters The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer's
A high-carb diet, and the attendant high blood sugar, are associated with cognitive decline.
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AJ Photo / BSIP / Getty When the Religious Doctor Refuses to Treat You
The Trump administration is making it easier for medical providers to object to procedures on religious grounds. Will patients suffer as a result?
