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Should You Map Your Microbiome?
The health implications of knowing your microbes could be enormous. But for now, personal microbe mapping is too preliminary to take seriously.
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Will Single Women Transform America?
A massive shift in marital patterns is altering attitudes and demanding policy change.
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To Break a Phone Addiction, Turn Your Screen Gray
A suggestion for compulsive checkers
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The Irony of Viruses
They rewire the immune system, so that what used to make us sick now keeps us healthy.
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Are All Mental Illnesses Related?
Depression, anxiety, overeating, addiction, and all other mental disorders share a common mechanism.
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The Big-Data Quest to Treat Every Disease
Inside Obama's new initiative to personalize health care
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American Futures: Manufacturing Returns to Columbus, Mississippi
James and Deborah Fallows explore how a small town recovers after losing its main industry.
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How to Defend Being Vegan
Russell Simmons on advocating the world’s most pretentious diet
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How Do We Make Rules for Self-Driving Cars?
A look inside Google X’s race to engineer the safest driver on the road
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George Takei on Fighting Hate With Humor
“Whatever spot on the political spectrum you occupy, we all find fairly common things funny.”
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A Gym for Mindfulness
Drop in and meditate, any time.
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Can I Overdose on Vitamin D?
A question for The Atlantic’s in-house doctor
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A Perfect Jump
Sparta Science is building superior athletes.
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Body Doubles: A New Way to Work From Home
The perks of being physically present. The perks of not being physically present.
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The Jeopardy! Machine Wants to Cook for You
Minimize food waste by preparing and eating food.
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The Future of Protein Will Not Be Animal Meat
New plant-based meats are an exciting development for nutrition and the environment.
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How to Teach Kids About Failure
It's easy to over-parent. It's also easy not to.
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One Expensive Trick That Might Somewhat Improve a Hangover
In New York, a concierge IV service for those in need
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Tinder for Exercise: The Case for Workout Partners
Finding the perfect gym partner has never been easier.
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How to Stop Saying 'Screen Time'
Lumping all usage of screens under one scary name is useless, even counterproductive.