Selected Works
When a couple doesn’t want more kids (or any) who should get snipped?
Four couples describe why they chose sterilization surgery – and how they decided which of them would get it
Essay: The Pyramid Scheme of Taste
What we lose when we live vicariously through recommendation.
Feature: Why Do Stolen Relics Worth Millions Keep Ending up in America's Most Prestigious Museums?
How two bronze masks, stolen in the 1990s, found their way home to Nepal after 30 years.
This green housing trend is booming
These green homes are designed to be as energy efficient as possible. New incentives aim to make them more budget-friendly.
Skin Care Is Coming for Your Brain
Need to work on your relationships? There’s a moisturizer for that.
America Is Getting Lonelier and More Indoorsy. That’s Not a Coincidence.
Our relationship to nature and our relationships with one another are deeply intertwined.
Missing a friend from the past? You should reach out.
Your old friend probably wants to DM you too.
Where Are The Good Climate Change Apps?
Apps could help us track our individualized carbon footprints, but some experts are skeptical.
Stop Calling It 'Climate Anxiety.' It's Climate Dread.
The phrase “climate dread” better legitimizes the real and tangible threat coming toward us.
How Heat Waves Take a Toll on Mental Health
Extreme heat can influence mood and raise the likelihood of a more serious mental health issue. Here’s what to know.
The case for inviting everyone to everything
In a time when loneliness is more pervasive than ever, why not extend an invitation?
Jeopardy! Winner Reveals Entwined Memory Systems Make a Trivia Champion
A former Jeopardy! winner led a new study that probes how linked memory systems may give trivia buffs an edge in their game.
What Can Hypnosis Do for Your Health?
This 200-year-old treatment can be effective for a variety of conditions, but it does take work.
Untangling Race From Hair
One anthropologist has made it her mission to remove racial prejudices from the study of hair and find the evolutionary roots of hair diversity.
Essay: Does Making Predictions Impede the Formation of Memories?
When your brain is presented with a scenario, it makes a decision.
The ups and downs of a great vertical migration
Many water dwellers – from plankton to large fish – commute daily from the depths to the surface.
Indigenous harvest rights still under attack in the upper Great Lakes
Tribal leaders say racism and harassment persist as members exercise treaty rights.