Someday, You Might Be Able to Eat Your Way Out of a Cold
A nascent scientific field is working to untangle the complex relationship between metabolism and infection.
Do They Not Know He’ll Betray Them?
Expect Donald Trump to blame his own party if the Republicans’ debt-ceiling gambit goes wrong.
The Hidden Link Between Workaholism and Mental Health
Long hours on the job can temporarily ease the symptoms of depression and anxiety. But you’re better off leaving the office and facing your feelings head-on.
The Man Who Moves Markets
Carson Block uses covert techniques to uncover fraud for profit. Now he’s under investigation himself. Is he the hero of Wall Street, or the villain?
How America Lost Its Grip on Reality
Life in the metaverse is fueling conspiracies across America.
What Is Up With the Weight-Loss Industry?
Plus: A case against special police units
The Supreme Court Considers the Algorithm
A very weird Section 230 case is headed to the country’s highest court.
The Up Helly Aa Viking Fire Festival
Images of the annual fire festival held in the Shetland Islands from the past 20 years.
My Printer Is Extorting Me
Subscriptions such as HP’s Instant Ink challenge what it means to own our devices.
Knock at the Cabin and the Terror of Raising Children
M. Night Shyamalan understands how to make a ludicrous horror concept work: Add in a healthy dose of tenderness.
What Should Congress Be?
Former Representative Justin Amash’s critique of the House illuminates its failures to live up to democratic ideals––and casts the fight over its rules in a new light.
Psychedelics Open Your Brain. You Might Not Like What Falls In.
Reshaping your mind isn’t always a great idea.
Not Every Atrocity Is About White Supremacy
Why I am skeptical of the reflex to attribute violence to structural racism
The Police Can Be Reformed. These Two Books Lay Out How.
In the aftermath of Tyre Nichols’s killing, it’s easy to despair. But two new books show how police departments can alter their behavior.
1.5 Degrees Was Never the End of the World
The most famous climate goal is woefully misunderstood.
America’s Byron
Remembering the poet and novelist James Dickey on his centennial
A New Way to Read Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald never explicitly states Jay Gatsby’s race.
The GOP Is Just Obnoxious
It’s why the party keeps losing elections.
How Memphis’s Policing Strategy Went So Wrong
David A. Graham discusses what he saw and heard in the city after video footage was released of Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating by police.
Outdoor Dining Is Doomed
“Streeteries” are sitting empty this winter.