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A Vicious Cycle: Jessica Strawser on Telling and Re-Telling Traumatic Stories

A Vicious Cycle: Jessica Strawser on Telling and Re-Telling Traumatic Stories

“It’s funny, how sometimes the things you know for sure can still surprise you.”

By Jessica Strawser | November 29, 2023

What To Do When Your Period Comes... In Space

What To Do When Your Period Comes... In Space

Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith Consider the Mechanics of Menstruation in the Cosmos

By Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith | November 8, 2023

Whose Community Is It Anyway?

Whose Community Is It Anyway?

Casey Plett on how Politicians, Media, and Corporations Co-Opt Language

By Casey Plett | November 7, 2023

Panacea or Problematic Hype?: The Uncertain Promises of Ketamine Therapy

Panacea or Problematic Hype?: The Uncertain Promises of Ketamine Therapy

Andy Mitchell on Psychedelics and the FDA's Controversial Shift in Defining Clinical Depression

By Andy Mitchell | October 25, 2023

Enough “How-To” Books: It’s Time For More “How-Come”

Enough “How-To” Books: It’s Time For More “How-Come”

Jessica Elefante on Books for Understanding Contemporary Life

By Jessica Elefante | October 25, 2023

What is it Really Like Inside a Sensory Deprivation Tank?

What is it Really Like Inside a Sensory Deprivation Tank?

"I am withholding the weight of my body. I am trying to forget the pressure of being."

By Athena Dixon | October 19, 2023

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Where There Is No Doctor: On Navigating Motherhood and Illness

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How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

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How Recycled American Batteries Pollute Communities Around the World

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“One of the Single Most Expensive Substances on the Planet”: The Insulin Crisis of the 21st Century

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Stuart Bradwel on the Tragic Consequences of Unethical Profiteering

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How Adrien Proust—Father of Marcel—Helped Pioneer Global Public Health

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The Politics of Chronic Illness Memoirs

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"They show a broader human urge to understand the bodies we live in, especially when they falter."

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How Our Kidneys Keep Us Healthy—And What It Means When They Fail

How Our Kidneys Keep Us Healthy—And What It Means When They Fail

Tom Mueller on the History of Dialysis and the Monetization of Prolonging Life

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How a Directionless Path Can Reveal Science's Most Closely-Guarded Secrets

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Ben Stanger on the Messy, Meandering Business of Scientific Discovery

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Pidgeon Pagonis on the Urgency of Writing a Memoir as an Intersex Writer

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