Melanin samples are headed to the International Space Station to test their ability to protect against radiation.
>True change requires persuasion from the ground up.
>Winged Victory
Emily Gurley’s painstaking surveillance is catching up with a lethal virus.
>For five decades, David Paige has fought to radically improve children’s nutrition in the U.S.—and amassed tangible evidence of the journey.
>A Parasite-Powered Hunger Strike
Does Plasmodium drive mosquitoes’ feeding behavior?
Suspicious Packages
A new screening test finds evidence of cancer in DNA fragments.
>Digitizing Health Care
Smisha Agarwal assesses the immense potential—and possible pitfalls—of digital health technologies.
>A New Strategy for Opioids
Cutting the supply of painkillers isn’t solving the opioid epidemic.
>Home
An exploration of one of our most basic needs—and what failing to meet it means.
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