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Prison Food Is Making US Inmates Disproportionately Sick

30 years after Prozac arrived, we still buy the lie that chemical imbalances cause depression

Is Video Game Addiction Unscientific Bullshit?

Food Swamps Are the New Food Deserts

How A Military Explosive Is Giving Us Cancer

New story in Science and Health from TIME: The First Supermoon of 2018 Arrives on New Year’s Day

Losing Conner’s Mind

Why American Doctors Keep Doing Expensive Procedures That Don't Work

Abs Are Not Worth It, And Other Facts

Do Australians Need a Sugar Intervention?

At 15, Ruben Urbina couldn’t bear his depression and anxiety anymore. So he called police with a chilling threat.

Miracle Drug Wakes Up Woman Who Has Been In Coma-Like State For Two Years

Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations

The Leap to Single-Payer: What Taiwan Can Teach

F.D.A. Leaves Tainted Foods on Shelves Too Long, Report Finds

Is a 'Cure' for Blindness Worth $1 Million?

Years of Attack Leave Obamacare a More Government-Focused Health Law

New story in Science and Health from TIME: ‘A Once in a Lifetime Thing.’ People Dazzled By a Surprise Meteor That Soared Across New England

Why Mental Health Is A Poor Measure Of A President

How to Combat Your Anxiety, One Step at a Time

The Post-pregnancy Belly Problem That Nobody Tells Women About

I Spent 80 Days Trying to Get Abs and It Ruined My Life

California Says The Only Safe Way To Talk On Your Cell Phone Is To Text

Measles Deaths Fall to a Record Low Worldwide

One Man’s Stand Against Junk Food as Diabetes Climbs Across India

Should You Shower in the Morning, or at Night? Yes.

New story in Science and Health from TIME: People in L.A. Definitely Thought Last Night’s SpaceX Rocket Launch Was Aliens

In Asia’s Fattest Country, Nutritionists Take Money From Food Giants

New story in Science and Health from TIME: Bruce McCandless, First Astronaut to Fly Freely in Space, Dies at 80

New story in Science and Health from TIME: The Skull-Shaped ‘Halloween Asteroid’ is Coming Back in 2018

A Fascinating Exploration Of All The Important Roles Fat Plays In The Body

Greater Access to Donated Livers Promised to Transplant Patients

A Better Kind of Nursing Home

Sweating It Out at the Dallas Cowboys-Branded Luxury Gym

Should Scientists Be Allowed To Patent Portions Of The Human Genome?

New story in Science and Health from TIME: How Climate Change Could Make the Migrant Crisis Worse

US life expectancy drops for second year in a row

America Experiences More Pain Than Other Countries

Seth Meyers Reveals The Real Roster Of Words Trump Wants To Replace

E.P.A. Delays Bans on Uses of Hazardous Chemicals

What the Gardasil Testing May Have Missed

The Digital Puppy That Keeps Seniors Out of Nursing Homes

A Federal Ban on Making Lethal Viruses Is Lifted

This Is Why A Third Of Antidepressants Are Prescribed For Something Else

Can an Old Mill Town Become the Silicon Valley of Human Organ Manufacturing?

Hospital Giants Vie for Patients in Effort to Fend Off New Rivals

This old drug was free. Now it’s $109,500 a year.

Uncertain Inheritance: Epigenetics and the Poisoning of Michigan

Jewel’s journey: when everything else failed, this teen turned to weight loss surgery

Secrets And Nightmares Of The Teenage Circumcision Circuit