On Early 20th-Century America's Unhealthy Fixation with 'Hygiene'

On Early 20th-Century America's Unhealthy Fixation with 'Hygiene'

Junk Science, Paternalism, and a Misplaced Faith in 'Expertise'

By Anne Harrington | April 25, 2019

How We Can Save the Honeybees

How We Can Save the Honeybees

A Professional Beekeeper Shares Some Ideas for Preventing the Insect Apocalypse

By Meredith May | April 22, 2019

When the Animals Bust Out of a Small Town Zoo

When the Animals Bust Out of a Small Town Zoo

Trouble in Royal, Nebraska, Population 81

By Carson Vaughan | April 19, 2019

Where Grizzly Bears and Hobby Farmers Come Face to Face

Where Grizzly Bears and Hobby Farmers Come Face to Face

Bryce Andrews Visits the Mission Mountains in Montana

By Bryce Andrews | April 15, 2019

Nathaniel Rich on How the Consensus on Global Warming Was Lost

Nathaniel Rich on How the Consensus on Global Warming Was Lost

It Really Didn't Have to Be This Way

By Nathaniel Rich | April 11, 2019

Annie Proulx on Freewheeling<br> Nature Writer Ellen Meloy

Annie Proulx on Freewheeling
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"Some of the essays seem to have been written last week, so fresh are the topics."

By Annie Proulx | April 10, 2019

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The Misunderstood Consequences of Electroconvulsive Therapy

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Rumors of the 'Gay Gene' Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

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What Will Happen to the World as<br> Life Expectancy Goes Up?

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The Population Bomb, Redux

By Paul Morland | April 1, 2019

The World is Wrecking Our Hearing and We're Letting It

The World is Wrecking Our Hearing and We're Letting It

On Studying—and Coping With—Tinnitus

By Mack Hagood | March 19, 2019

The Vulnerability of Home on an Afflicted Planet, From California to Calcutta

The Vulnerability of Home on an Afflicted Planet, From California to Calcutta

When Every Displacement is a Catastrophic Breach

By Torsa Ghosal | March 6, 2019

Your Skeleton Reveals More About You Than You Think

Your Skeleton Reveals More About You Than You Think

Bones Are... Weird

By Brian Switek | March 4, 2019

Science: You're Definitely Worrying About the Wrong Things

Science: You're Definitely Worrying About the Wrong Things

How Much Should We Worry About an Asteroid Strike? Sugar? Fluoride?

By Lise A. Johnson and Eric Chudler | February 25, 2019

Standing at Ground Zero for UFO Believers

Standing at Ground Zero for UFO Believers

A Scientist Studies Our Need to Believe in Aliens

By D.W. Pasulka | February 8, 2019

In the Face of Cancer, My One-Sided Deal With God

In the Face of Cancer, My One-Sided Deal With God

Julie Yip-Williams on Illness, Faith and Family

By Julie Yip-Williams | February 4, 2019

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