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Sick for Attention
Meet five Munchausen patients who went to desperate lengths to fake illness.
Hallucinogen Therapy Is Coming
How shrooms can spring people from fears and destructive habits.
The Paradox of Doping in Mountain Climbing
In alpinism, supplemental oxygen is a matter of safety—but some say it’s doping.
The Last of the Earthquake Predictors
A handful of underfunded researchers still believe science can defy the odds.
Bacteria Are Masters of Tai Chi
The remarkable science that helped me understand what it means to be a physicist.
The Immortality Hype
Despite the hyperbole, private funding is changing the science of aging for the better.
Learning Chess at 40
What I learned trying to keep up with my 4-year-old daughter at the royal game.
Why Physics Is Not a Discipline
Physics is not just what happens in the Department of Physics.