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TAKE NUTRITION STUDIES WITH A GRAIN OF SALT

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FOOD AND DRINK IS A MESS.

California Is Taxing Itself to Death

FOR DECADES, CALIFORNIA has been a desirable destination for Americans lured by the promise of riches, stardom, or at least a good place to surf.

The 'Monstrous Beastliness' of Urban Policing

OAKL AND, CALIFORNIA, IS “the edge case in American policing,” journalists Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham declare in The Riders Come Out at Night. “More has been done to try to reform the Oakland Police Department than any other police force in the United States.”

Did Evolution Give Us Free Will?

A neuroscientist takes on determinism.

'Black History is American History'

Morgan Freeman on his new documentary about the first Black tank unit to serve in combat in World War II and the gaps in our national memory

America's BEST Customer Service 2024

HOW WE SHOP HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY in recent years. Here's a telling statistic: online grocery delivery services are now valued at over $286 billion with projections of continued growth. But companies still need to offer excellent customer service, even if that looks a little different than it used to.

Nia Vardalos

WHEN MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING OPENED IN 2002, IT MADE ITS STAR and writer, Nia Vardalos, a celebrity overnight. \"I'm somebody ordinary that something extraordinary happened to.\"

EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT DIET IS WRONG

Despite a proliferation of diets supposedly based on science, most theories about what to eat and why are flawed

China's Plan to Rule the World's Smart Devices

Police, firefighters and other first responders in the U.S. rely on Chinese communications devices. Spies may be listening in

'I Knew They Were Scumbags'

How federal prison guards confessed to rape-and got away with it

I thought my mother was an only child. I was wrong.

The Ones We Sent Away

Owls Aren't That Smart

But they have uncanny powers.

THE RESILIENCE GAP

In 2008, when I was a writer for the blog Feministe, commenters began requesting warnings at the top of posts discussing distressing topics, most commonly sexual assault.

THE RISE OF BRONZE AGE PERVERT

HOW A FASCIST BODYBUILDER CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF THE FAR RIGHT

How America Got Mean

In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.

KILLER APPS

Is social media making America's murder surge worse?

Lost Histories of Coexistence

James McBride's new novel tells a story of solidarity between Black and Jewish communities.

Inside the Revolution at OpenAI

Sam Altman doesn't know where artificial intelligence will lead humanity. But he's taking us there anyway.

The Man Who Transformed American Theater

How August Wilson became one of the country's most influential playwrights

CHANGING CLOTHES

Inside Stella McCartney's quest to transform the fashion industry from within

DÉJÀ VU

IT'S GETTING LATE EARLY IN THE GOP PRIMARY, AS THE FRONT RUNNER'S RIVALS STRUGGLE WITH THE CAMPAIGN'S CENTRAL QUESTION: HOW DO YOU STOP TRUMP?

BAJA IN THE BALANCE

The campaign to preserve a region, and a local fishing industry

THE NEW ROMANTICS

A decade after Fifty Shades, pop-culture romance has become alarmingly wholesome

FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH HOPE

AS YOUNG PEOPLE SINK INTO A PARALYZING DESPAIR OVER EXTREME WEATHER AND IMPENDING CATASTROPHE, SCIENTISTS AND ACTIVISTS TRY A NEW MESSAGE

PHYSICAL REHABILITATION CENTERS

EACH YEAR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE PREscribed physical therapy while recovering from surgery, treating chronic conditions or healing from illnesses or injuries.

Paul Reubens

Forever in character

Climate Is Everything

One of the enduring legacies of this summer's heat waves is a disease that few people have heard of. First documented in El Salvador's sugarcane workers 21 years ago, chronic kidney disease of nontraditional origin (CKDnt) occurs among manual laborers working in high-heat conditions.

Why did early puberty spike during the pandemic?

ITALY NOTICED FIRST. IT WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO lock down during the COVID-19 pandemic, and later in 2020, researchers at Florence's Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital were the first to point out a puzzling trend: more young girls than ever before had been showing up at the hospital with clear signs of early-onset puberty.

Why Trump's Georgia case may matter most

THE SIGNS IN GEORGIA WERE THERE FOR MONTHS. BACK in February, the forewoman of a special grand jury hinted that her advisory panel had recommended criminal charges against \"not a short list\" of familiar names in connection to an effort to overturn the results of Georgia's 2020 presidential election.

THE HEALING SEA

In a quest to preserve the zones that let oceans thrive, ecologist Enric Sala heads for the South Pacific