The Brain Bro
Forget Adderall. Forget Provigil. Eric Matzner says his nootropics will make your brain sharper in weeks.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters How to Talk to Anti-Vaxers
Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on persuading anti-vaxers, predicting the next outbreak, and working with Trump.
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Dressing Up for the Doctor
When Michele Norris, journalist and founder of the Race Card Project, goes to the doctor’s office, her mother calls her…
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Charles Rex Arbogast / AP How a Chicago Program Cut Violent Arrests in Half
Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy thinks emotional well-being can help reduce gun deaths.
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Why Are Humans Awkward?
The science behind that cringeworthy feeling
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Elaina Natario / Katie Martin / The Atlantic Therapy for Everybody
In Appalachia, a primary-care clinic offers quick bursts of psychotherapy on the spot.
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Alex Brandon / AP Inside the Mind of a Hypocrite
Why hypocrisy bothers us so much, and how politicians can rationalize it anyway
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Timothy J. Gonzalez / AP The Surprising Effect of Marijuana Legalization on College Students
After Oregon legalized the drug, its use went up—but mainly among teens who also binge-drink.
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Edgard Garrido / Reuters Our Searches, Ourselves
Google reveals the truth about people’s romantic insecurities.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters To Be Sick Without Obamacare
As the Senate debates the health law’s repeal, a look back at how insurers treated preexisting conditions before the Affordable Care Act
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP America's Health-Inequality Problem
When it comes to health disparities, the U.S. is outranked only by Portugal and Chile, a new study finds.
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Rich Pedroncelli / AP Is This the End of Free Birth Control?
A draft rule suggests the Trump administration will let most companies stop covering birth control. Will they?
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USA Today Sports Tiger Woods and America's Drugged-Driving Problem
For the first time ever, drivers in fatal crashes are more likely to be on drugs than alcohol.
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Charlie Riedel / AP How to Really Help Gay Teens Thrive
LGBT high-schoolers are still getting bullied, but new research shows how schools can support them.
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Why Do Americans Smile So Much?
Research shows how immigration and cultural values shape this distinctive habit.
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Jim Cole / AP How the Republican Health-Care Bill Would Change Premiums
It depends on your state and what it decides.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The Messy Relationship Between Food Stamps and Health
Several studies show beneficiaries of the program are more likely to be obese. But the answer is not to cut benefits, some academics say.
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Cathal McNaughton / Reuters How People Decide Whether to Have Children
A guide for those on the fence
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Could The Handmaid's Tale Actually Happen?
We’re a long way from Gilead, praise be, but pollution can hurt fertility.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters How Untreated Depression Contributes to the Opioid Epidemic
Research suggests some are seeking out painkillers when what they really need is Prozac.
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Eric Gay / AP Why So Many Insurers Are Leaving Obamacare
How rejecting Medicaid and other government decisions have hurt insurance markets
