Cheer Is Built on a Pyramid of Broken Bodies
Netflix’s new docuseries doesn’t flinch at the danger that cheerleaders regularly subject themselves to.
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Ute Grabowsky / Photothek via Getty The Problem That Psychology Can’t Shake
Ten years after a seminal paper laid bare psychology’s white, affluent, Western skew, not much has changed.
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Getty / STR / Contributor A Historic Quarantine
China’s attempt to curb a viral outbreak is a radical experiment in authoritarian medicine.
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James Darell / Getty The Risk of ‘Getting Bangs’
When a woman picks up a pair of scissors, she also picks up a trope.
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Shutterstock / Getty / Paul Spella / The ... America’s Most Powerful Medical-Debt Collector
Treatment at a military hospital can leave you tens of thousands of dollars in debt—and hounded by the federal government.
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Getty Images Your Chemical Romance
A new book lays out the case for pharmacological solutions to relationship problems.
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20th Century Fox / Everett You Could Probably Hibernate
The science of adapting to cold weather could change treatment of inflammatory diseases, insomnia, and trauma.
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Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Warren’s Attempt to Turn Her Greatest Weakness Into a Strength
In last night’s Democratic debate, the senator tried to sell the idea that a health-care plan’s cost is a mark of its ambition.
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A 97-Year-Old Philosopher Ponders Life and Death: 'What Is the Point?'
Herbert Fingarette once argued that there was no reason to fear death. At 97, his own mortality began to haunt him.
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Mario Tama / Getty Gadgets for Life on a Miserable Planet
At the Consumer Electronics Show, the only solution for technology-induced stress is more technology.
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Mike Blake / Reuters America’s Favorite Poison
Whatever happened to the anti-alcohol movement?
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Mirror / The Atlantic The Fitness Trend That Is a Mirror
Making you sweat is just the beginning.
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frantic00 / shutterstock/ Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic The Sneaky Genius of Facebook's New Preventive Health Tool
The feature looks likely to fill gaps in care—and to further draw users into Facebook’s ecosystem.
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Nikki Kahn / The Washington Post via Getty The High Cost of Having a Baby in America
The average delivery now costs more than $4,500—even with insurance.
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Shutterstock / Sundry Photography Workplace Wellness Comes for the Working Class
U-Haul is the latest American company seeking more control of its employees’ lives.
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Spencer Platt / Getty The True Cause of the Opioid Epidemic
New research supports the idea that economic distress led to an increase in opioid abuse. But some say the origins of the epidemic are far more complicated.
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Shutterstock / rblfmr America Loves Its Unregulated Wellness Chemicals
CBD was just the beginning.
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Alex Wong / Getty John Lewis and the Fight That Can’t Be Won
The congressman has spent his life on fights that defined an era. Now, as a cancer patient, battle metaphors no longer apply.
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Roman Mikhailiuk / Shutterstock Your Bedroom Is Too Hot
What is the ideal temperature for sleep?
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New York Daily News Archive / Getty The 2000s Never Ended
Don’t let the 2010s fool you.
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Loomis Dean / The Life Picture Collection via ... Social Media Made America Tired of Rich People
It used to be easier to hide your wine cave.
