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Did Grief Give Him Parkinson’s?

These identical twins led virtually identical lives—with one tragic exception.

February 23, 2015

What to Eat After the Apocalypse

Engineer Joshua Pearce explains how to feed 7 billion people after a global catastrophe.

December 11, 2014

Take Light, Not Drugs

How light therapy can treat disorders from depression to Alzheimer’s disease.

November 13, 2014

Stop Developing Drugs for the Cancer That Killed My Mother

Funding drug development for rare cancers can hurt patients.

October 31, 2014

Stop Developing Drugs for the Cancer That Killed My Mother

Funding drug development for rare cancers can hurt patients.

October 31, 2014

How World of Warcraft Might Help Head Off the Next Pandemic

Gamers are giving scientists insights into how people react to a plague.

September 2, 2014

At Death’s Door, He Was Put on Ice

How a new technology is resurrecting patients from what was once certain death.

September 2, 2014

A Deadly Virus Is Arrested in the Middle East

Halting a MERS pandemic may hold lessons for the Ebola crisis—until the next outbreak.

September 2, 2014