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A Town Hall with Ben Sasse
The former Nebraska senator, now battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer, shares his wishes for the country with '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley.
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Is Ibogaine the Next Miracle Drug?
American addicts and traumatized veterans are flocking to Mexico to ingest a powerful hallucinogen. But the president just signed an executive order…
Josh Code
Let the Kids Smoke
A new tobacco ban in Britain for anyone born after 2008 may make the next generation safer. So why do I feel like we’re losing something?
Kara Kennedy
Two Drinks with . . . Steak ’n Shake’s Chief MAHA Officer
Cracking open a 12-ounce Liquid Death, Michael Boes tells me he’s making fast food healthy again.
Tanner Nau
Lena Dunham’s Sickness Isn’t Romantic
Very online millennial women grew up glamorizing their ailments, posting about symptoms as if they were cute. But their high priestess Dunham proves the…
Kat Rosenfield
I Thought I Was Autistic. I Was Wrong.
After spending most of my life feeling different and alone, an autism diagnosis gave me the kind of relief that was impossible to resist. But it was…
Christina Buttons
Ancient Wisdom: How to Live to Be 103
For 86 years, Deborah Szekely has run one of the most famous health spas in the world, Rancho La Puerta. At the age of 103, she’s ready to tell the…
Deborah Szekely
I Used AI to Fight My Girlfriend’s Brain Tumor
When my girlfriend’s prolactinoma kept coming back, I lost trust in the system and started building my own.
Andrew Rodriguez
Can Peptides Really Reverse Aging?
Peptide enthusiasts, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., say these drugs can do everything from rejuvenating skin to accelerating the healing of injuries…
Faye Flam
Saving a Lamb from the Slaughter
When my husband and I bought a farm, we wanted to raise and kill animals humanely. But it never gets easy—as one little ram taught us.
Larissa Phillips
Your Home Could Be Making You Sick
Doctors are trained to ask whether you smoke, drink, or use drugs. They almost never ask what in your home may be affecting your health.
Charlotte Grinberg, MD
Can Man-Made Eggs Be the Future of Fertility?
A hedge-fund manager and a Harvard biologist are betting that stem cell–derived eggs will transform how humans reproduce.
Maya Sulkin
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