‘Our Next Option Was the Back of My Pickup’
Oregon is converting motels into homes for wildfire survivors with nowhere else to go.
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Podcast: Breakthrough Infections and Lonely Puppies
Things are starting to look up, at least in the U.S., but we’re looking ahead at potential future worries.
A Truly Revolting Treatment Is Having a Renaissance
Most people who have received maggot therapy would recommend it to others, despite the odor, pain, itching, and pure yuck factor.
The Porn Crisis That Isn’t
Some states now consider pornography to be a health threat. But stigmatizing porn can do more harm than good.
Unfortunately, Some Cicadas Taste Like Nature’s Gushers
If you must eat them, go for air-fried.
Nature Isn’t Really Healing
Some animals have benefited from pandemic lockdowns. Others, not so much.
Farewell to Masks (For Now)
The value of masks is falling. But it may rise again.
Podcast: It’s Time to Tango
Lots of your questions about the future after COVID-19 get answered, and one listener gives us a little history lesson.
What Breakthrough Infections Can Tell Us
Post-vaccination infections reveal how effective vaccines are—and which variants are sneaking past our defenses.