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Why Men Don’t Live as Long as Women

It’s the testosterone, don’t you know.

March 31, 2017

What My Stroke Taught Me

The surprising, quiet nourishment of losing my internal monologue.

March 31, 2017

Raising the American Weakling

There are two very different interpretations of our dwindling grip strength.

February 2, 2017

From the Bottom of the Sea to the Operating Table

How coral revolutionized human bone repair.

December 6, 2016

Will Viruses Save Us From Superbugs?

When antibiotics failed a severely ill patient, it was a pond virus that saved him.

December 1, 2016

Why You Can’t Help But Act Your Age

The surprising relationship between mindset and getting old.

November 7, 2016

On Your Birthday, You’re Not Celebrating What You Think

Scientists are trying to study biological aging without defining it, and that’s a problem.

November 7, 2016

Natural Selection in an Outbreak

Every time a disease spreads, it has another chance to mutate.

October 25, 2016

Alzheimer’s Early Tell

The language of authors who suffered from dementia has a story for the rest of us.

September 22, 2016

Hallucinogen Therapy Is Coming

How shrooms can spring people from fears and destructive habits.

September 8, 2016

The Paradox of Doping in Mountain Climbing

In alpinism, supplemental oxygen is a matter of safety—but some say it’s doping.

August 11, 2016

How Woodpeckers Will Save Football

It takes a bird brain to play contact sports safely.