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Is This New Swim Stroke the Fastest Yet?

The surprising performance and physics of the fish kick.

June 19, 2015

Will Coffee Cure You or Kill You?

Drip coffee may have a more positive impact on heart health than coffee made in a French press.

May 15, 2015

How to Unlearn a Disease

Medicine’s latest cure is forgetting you’re sick.

April 24, 2015

The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze

Ilya Metchnikoff laid the foundation for modern probiotics.

April 21, 2015

Yes, You Can Catch Insanity

A controversial disease revives the debate about the immune system and mental illness.

April 2, 2015

The Impossible Physiology of the Free Diver

The amazing underwater athletes are rewriting the science of the body.

March 4, 2015

The Man Who Beat HIV at Its Own Game for 30 Years

A survivor’s story is about to change.

March 4, 2015

How to Turn Your Dog Off

Suspended animation is becoming a life-saving medical procedure.

March 2, 2015

Why Egg Freezing Is an Impossible Choice

I don’t want to surrender to a lottery. But will I regret not playing?

March 2, 2015