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The Many Futures of Babytech

What will quantifying newborns mean for us all down the line?
Natalie Kane
Jun 28, 2016 5 min read

Go On a Trip and Cure Your Depression

Psychedelics show clinical promise as a lasting treatment for major mood disorders–now the struggle is getting through regulatory red tape
Corin Faife
Jun 25, 2016 11 min read

A Brief Explainer of Why Everyone Seems to Hate Gluten, in GIFs

The facts and mysteries behind the health fad.
Ian Steadman
Jun 24, 2016 3 min read

The Unquestioned Pursuit of Weight Loss Had Us Eating Wrong for Years

Our quest for thinness is actually making us far less healthy–even killing us–and not for the reasons you'd think.
Leigh Alexander
Jun 23, 2016 10 min read

Street Wisdom Might Win the War on Drugs

By listening to drug users, we can overcome punitive moralism and reform drug policy to stop overdose
Abigail Hartstone
Jun 21, 2016 9 min read

Fixing Global Health Means Fixing Air Pollution

The biggest killer in the world today is air pollution–yet we have all the technology we need to fix it.
Duncan Geere
Jun 16, 2016 4 min read

What Happens When There’s Only 88 Psychiatrists in an Entire Country?

In developing nations like Kenya, where mental health care is practically nonexistent, internet-based organizations save lives.
Greg Noone
Jun 15, 2016 6 min read

The (Nearly) Unstoppable Success Story of Global Life Expectancy

But dig into the numbers and the picture becomes more complicated–and potentially troubling.
Duncan Geere
Jun 10, 2016 3 min read

Can We Learn to Live Without Death?

I have a friend, Adam, who’s convinced he’ll live forever. To the casual observer this might seem unlikely. Adam smokes and...
Duncan Jefferies
Jun 8, 2016 6 min read

The Nanny Diaries of My Immigrant Mother

Immigrants lose their worth the minute they board a plane. Women like my mother, who was not professionally skilled in her...
Nashwa Lina Khan
Jun 3, 2016 4 min read
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