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How happy are you? Are you sure about that?
By inhibiting drug development, economic growth, and military recruitment, as well as driving doctors away from the places they’re needed most, bans almost certainly harm you — yes, you.
Fewer kids are dying than ever before — but a lot of work remains.
Dengue is erupting in South America — and has even found its way to the US.
Guess where the US ranks?
The fertility treatment that gives people hope, explained in a comic.
Scientists are realizing GLP-1 drugs have the potential to turn down cravings — for more than just food.
Anthropologists are now showing how culture impacts psychedelic experiences.
Some actually good news about Americans’ abortion access.
Medications can help the 1 in 12 people who suffer from alcohol use disorder. But most will never be treated.
The anti-abortion legal theory that could jeopardize IVF around the country.
Leaving food safety to private enterprise has risks.
Isolation policies haven’t stopped Covid’s worst outcomes. Other, better policies might.
Faked cancer data is the latest sign of science’s fraud problem.
Reckless speeding is epidemic in the US. This simple technology could save tens of thousands of lives.
There’s a stalemate over stopping future pandemics — and it comes down to money.
From choosing the right therapist to figuring out how to pay.
Stimulants, hustle culture, and bodybuilding are shaping young men’s drift to the right.
Worsened anxiety and depression is a predictable (and costly) effect of abortion bans.
Expert knowledge is useful for problem-solving. So is adapting to new challenges.
What seasonal affective disorder can tell us about ourselves.
Israel’s raid on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis might break international humanitarian law.
TikTok accounts are using audio from a banned wellness coach to sell salt and castor oil.
Sure, Elon Musk’s into ketamine and Peter Thiel has his doping Olympics, but drugs and tech are nothing new.
Car crashes are killing too many young Africans like Kelvin Kiptum.
Opioid addiction doesn’t get as many headlines as it used to, but the crisis is as bad as ever. It doesn’t have to be.
The flow of new money and interest into core EA fields like AI safety poses a challenge to a movement that was used to being small.
How to act in service of the planet — and your values.
Nine experts weigh in on curbing and diffusing your overly negative thoughts.
In the 21st century, famine isn’t inevitable. It’s a policy choice.
Today, Explained digs into the stigma associated with a prostate cancer diagnosis like Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s, and the fear many men have of the exam itself.
Everything from Ozempic to Covid vaccines is tested on long-tailed macaques. Experts believe many are illegally trafficked from the wild.
Americans are obsessing over protein and forgetting about fiber.
Everyzyng you wanted to know about Zyn, in six questions.
A new study offers big clues about where psychedelics’ superpowers come from.
The lifesaving revolution in widespread medical testing for infants.
The no good, very bad case against malaria bednets, explained.
With foreign aid increasingly uncertain, Africa wants to tackle disease emergencies on its own.
A ‘day in the life’ at the end of a life