The Rise of Coffee Shaming
Personal-finance gurus really hate coffee.
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Goran Tomasevic / Reuters The WHO Finally Sounds Its Loudest Alarm Over Ebola in the Congo
The ongoing outbreak is the second worst in history and has proved to be unusually difficult to contain.
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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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Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters People Seek Out a Certain Kind of Person When They Are Happy
Your mood might have a big influence on the type of companionship you want.
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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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Morphart Creation / Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Suffragists Who Opposed Birth Control
Their reasoning shows how far women’s rights have come since the late 1800s.
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The Stories From Room 140
Guatemalan migrants describe what they endured before and after asking for asylum in the United States.
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Alastair Grant / AP Photo The AI That Could Help Curb Youth Suicide
For many reasons, parents and teachers may fail to intervene when they spot LGBTQ teens in trouble. Can Google help?
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Tianhua Mao / Spectrum Some Parents Are Feeding Parasites to Their Kids With Autism
Evidence connecting the condition to the human microbiome is growing stronger. Could swallowing tapeworms really help?
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Joe McKendry Your Brain on Smog
A very short book excerpt
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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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‘1 Million Americans Will Be Shot in the Next Decade’
Trauma surgeons describe gun violence as a public-health crisis.
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David Gray / Reuters The Reason Anxious People Often Have Allergies
There might be a hidden link between seasonal sniffles and mood disorders.
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The Horrors of ICE’s ‘Trans Pod’
A woman who spent two months in solitary confinement in a “transgender pod” tells her story.
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Regis Duvignau / Reuters The Discouraging Way Doctors Are Just Like Their Patients
Even the best-informed patients—physicians—don’t always follow medical advice when it comes to their own treatment.
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Edmon De Haro What the Measles Epidemic Really Says About America
The return of a vanquished disease reflects historical amnesia, declining faith in institutions, and a troubling lack of concern for the public good.
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Bogardus / Schlesinger Library / The Atlantic The Pioneering Female Doctor Who Argued Against Rest
Physicians once advised menstruating women against mental exertion, fearing it would ravage their health.
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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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Han Haidan / CNSPHOTO / VCG via Getty China Is Leading the Next Step in Fighting Malaria in Africa
The effort would not only ease the disease’s massive burden on Kenya’s health system, but also help change the perception in Africa that Chinese-made goods and medicine are of poor quality.
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yurakrasil / Shutterstock Acne’s Wonder Drug Is a Mental-Health Puzzle
Accutane is already controversial for its possible links to depression. It could also have a range of other effects.
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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.
