Why Are Americans So Unhealthy? Part I: Is Ultra-Processed Food Killing Us?
Americans die younger and faster than the residents of almost every other rich country. Why? There's gun violence, drug overdoses, and car crashes. Young people are much more likely to die from these ...
11 Jun 202551min
What Experts Really Think About Smartphones and Mental Health
I'm very concerned about the relationship between smartphone use and America's mental health crisis. But many researchers don't see things my way. They insist that there is little to no empirical data...
4 Jun 20251h 6min
Plain History: How Adolf Hitler Destroyed German Democracy in Six Months
In November 1932, Germany was a republic. By the spring of 1933, it was a dictatorship. How did it all happen so quickly? Fascination with Adolf Hitler requires no news peg, but I’ve been particularl...
30 Mai 20251h 2min
Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Is Great for the "Stealthy Wealthy"
The tax and spending bill passed by House Republicans last week is the sort of bill that does so many different things that even budget experts could be forgiven for not realizing just how many differ...
28 Mai 20251h 5min
The Gene-Editing Breakthrough That Saved a Baby’s Life
Last year, Kyle and Nicole Muldoon welcomed their baby KJ into the world. Almost immediately, doctors realized something was wrong. KJ had been born with a genetic mutation that made it impossible to ...
23 Mai 202549min
The Rules of Attraction and the Psychology of Romance
Psychology is hard, even when you’re just trying to understand what’s going on with one impossibly complex person. Romance psychology is particularly hard because you’re trying to understand what’s go...
20 Mai 20251h 3min
Plain History: How Norman Borlaug Stopped the Apocalypse
In every generation, important people predict that the end is near and the apocalypse is coming. In the 1960s, the fear was that population growth would destroy the planet—that fertility would outrun ...
16 Mai 20251h 8min
Why Do Americans Pay So Much for Drugs?
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order telling drugmakers to slash the prices of their medicines. Once again, the president showed an amazing nose for interesting questions. Stati...
13 Mai 20251h 7min
