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The Power of Sugar
As the global cost of obesity approaches $700 billion, international bank Credit Suisse puts an economist's eye to the science of soda, table sugar versus high-fructose corn syrup, the increasing size of humans, and what's to be done.
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Obamacare Is Not a Secret Sex Directory
Confidentiality remains protected by law. Doctors will not become covert government agents. But the Affordable Care Act may get more physicians talking with patients about preventing sexually transmitted infections.
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YouTube 'Asian Eye' Surgery and Media Racism
Though Julie Chen has achieved success as a rare example of a visible Asian American news anchor and TV host, the industry pressured her to alter her face to look less like the people she represents.
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Beawiharta Beawiharta / Reuters So God Made the World's Hottest Pepper
Searching for a winner in the cutthroat world of competitive chili pepper growing
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Popular Dystopian Burrito Campaign Implies Chipotle Is Not a Giant Fast-Food Chain
Drone bird tries to keep scarecrow quiet about industrialized farming, to no avail
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7 Classics Every Doctor Should Read
A reminder to think beyond textbooks and journals; to always be a student of the human condition
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Lucas Jackson/Reuters Study: Paying Doctors for Performance Leads to Better Care
When physicians were offered financial incentives, more patients reached health goals.
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E. Pindado/Reuters How Male Power Spreads HIV
The roles of gender and stigma in the epidemic in the Mexican state of Chiapas
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How to Fast in Comfort
The simple tricks to atoning for a year of sin
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Salvatore Laporta / AP Bullied for Not Believing in God
Despite secularism and atheism being on the rise, some areligious students feel discriminated against—at times violently. Now teachers across the U.S. are creating Secular Safe Zones to "curtail anti-atheist bullying, discrimination, and social isolation."
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Shutterstock The Still-Harrowing Extent of Child Abuse and Neglect
The Institute of Medicine released a report today that describes the continued plague—and proposes an ambitious strategy to address it.
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Why 'Drink More Water'?
A massive American pro-water-drinking program launches today. It makes odd claims.
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Bone Fone, the Terror!
Remembering the shawl that sent music through your bones
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Morris MacMatzen/Reuters Finding Happiness in Angry Music
Shiny happy heavy metal people: There’s something cleansing about engaging with emotions we might not usually let ourselves feel.
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bengrey/flickr Study: Generosity Is More Evolutionarily Advantageous Than Selfishness
The Prisoner’s Dilemma is the gift that keeps on giving, to researchers
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How Is U.S. Health Care Bad? [Chart]
An illustration of World Health Organization data on how the United States compares to 16 other countries
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flickr The Neuroscience of War
Understanding chemical weapons as the U.S. talks red lines and convenient morality
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The New Coffee Is Made for Your Skin
One pocket-sized bottle of "Sprayable Energy," a prototype caffeinated skin spray, contains the equivalent of 40 cups of coffee. Demand for the product is already feverish.
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USAG-Humphreys/flickr More Money Won’t Win the War on Cancer
A broken grant structure, turf wars, and an exodus of scientists for other professions are bigger barriers to progress than a lack of funding.
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Damian Dovarganes/AP Measles Outbreak Traced to Church Critical of Vaccines
The church is linked to televangelist Kenneth Copeland, who has questioned the safety of vaccines on his show.
