
Julia Belluz
Freelance contributor
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It could revolutionize everything from medicine to agriculture. Better read up now.


Four in 10 Americans get no exercise each week.


The 85-year-old Supreme Court justice had surgery for early stage lung cancer on Friday.


The 85-year-old Supreme Court justice is “resting comfortably” after the surgical procedure.


The USDA wants to toughen SNAP work requirements, but there’s little evidence the program discourages work.

If you’ve seen people sucking on what look like USB flash drives, they’re probably “Juuling.”


Juul was supposed to render smoking obsolete. Cigarette giant Altria just bought a third of it.


That’s more than the number killed in traffic collisions, from gun violence, or from opioid overdoses.


Researchers are changing how they study the risks of alcohol — and it’s making drinking look worse.


There’s a growing concern about overdiagnosis of ADHD, since the treatment can come with adverse effects.