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Nick Cunard / eyevine / Redux Daniel Kahneman Wanted You to Realize How Wrong You Are
The late psychologist gave the world an extraordinary gift: admitting his mistakes.
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Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: … A Drug Half as Good as Ozempic for One-30th the Price
New obesity drugs are remarkable. But few people realize how useful the old ones can be.
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Illustration by The Atlantic The Return of Measles
Cases are creeping up in America, and not because of politics.
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Andrew West / The News Press / USA … Florida’s Experiment With Measles
How far can the state go before a serious outbreak hits?
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Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: … Older Americans Are About to Lose a Lot of Weight
People over 65 make up a sizable portion of Americans on GLP-1 drugs. That might be trouble.
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Gabriel Bouys / AFP / Getty America Is Having a Senior Moment on Vaccines
Many of the people most at risk of dying aren’t getting COVID shots.
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Warner Bros / Everett How We Turned the Tide in the Roach Wars
Forty years ago, scientists did the impossible. Why doesn’t anyone remember?
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The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Republican Lab-Leak Circus Makes One Important Point
“Lab leak” has too many meanings.
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Ryan David Brown / The New York Times … Goodbye, Ozempic
A new class of drugs is transforming obesity care. They are not all the same.
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Feature China / Future Publishing / Getty Has COVID’s Patient Zero Finally Been Named?
A major revelation about researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology emerged this week. We still can’t say we’re any closer to the truth.
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Video by The Atlantic. Sources: 20th Century Fox; … No One in Movies Knows How to Swallow a Pill
There are two kinds of pill takers in this world. Which kind are you?
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Kyodo News / Getty The Lab Leak Will Haunt Us Forever
Each new revelation is a reminder of how little is actually known.
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Getty: The Atlantic The Good News About Vaccine Hesitancy
America can’t shake the feeling that vaccination rates are about to plummet. The facts say otherwise.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Case for ‘Kraken’
Any name for the coronavirus is better than a jumble of letters and numbers.
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Alamy; The Atlantic Is Food Getting Better?
The Thanksgivings of yore featured overcooked turkeys and Jell-O salad. Surely we’ve evolved.
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Evelyn Dragan / Connected Archives Why Is Everyone Stealing Parrots?
It’s a weirdly common crime—and, commonly, a weird one.
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Pablo Delcan and Río Delcan La Rocca Why Is Dad So Mad?
A father dares to explore his rage.
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Getty; The Atlantic Sorry, I Lied About Fake News
A false tweet really does move faster than the truth.
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Getty; The Atlantic Joe Rogan’s Show May Be Dumb. But Is It Actually Deadly?
Nothing seems to move the needle on Americans’ vaccine convictions, no matter how beneficial or harmful.
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The Atlantic Daily: The Biggest Reason to Worry About Omicron
The Omicron variant is already here, and it’s spreading fast. Here’s what you need to know.
