Julia Belluz
Freelance contributor
Latest articles by Julia Belluz
The news that lifted our existential dread.
Sugar is the dietary villain of our day. But the science is complicated.
A new biography by Walter Isaacson explains how da Vinci’s explorations shaped his art.
It’s extremely unusual to see death rates increase in a developed country like the US. And researchers say it’s not just about economic despair.
The skittishness over language at the public health agency is part of a broader trend.
Bariatric surgery is medicine’s best treatment for weight loss. But it fails about 1 in 10 patients.
When everything else failed, Jewel turned to weight loss surgery.
Other forbidden words include “evidence-based,” “fetus,” “transgender,” and “vulnerable.”
Several proposed tax cuts hurt grad students. Scientific research will suffer too.
The maternal mortality rate in the state is a third of the American average. Here’s why.