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Redefining Obesity
For obesity patients, improved treatments and a nuanced understanding of the disease may lead to better health.
by Chris Berdik
Are Super Responders Special?
Do patients who defeat cancer hold biological secrets?
by Bennett McIntosh
Long-Term Investing, Short-Term Thinking
Long-term investors fall to short-term thinking.
by Jacob Sweet
From One Animal to an Ecosystem
Ecologists aim to understand how deer form their home ranges.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Zip Code vs. Genetic Code
The largest-ever study of twins quantifies the respective influence of genes and environment on specific diseases.
by Erin O'Donnell
Rethinking the American High School
What the rare bright spots in American high-school education teach
by Jonathan Shaw
Reading the Market
Corporate reports contain clues to predicting a firm’s future performance.
by John A. Griffin
Cities Too Smart for Their Own Good?
Ben Green warns against simple technological solutions for complex problems.
by Bennett McIntosh
The New Monopoly
Economists look to new explanations for wage stagnation.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Gene Editing and Ethics
Advances in editing DNA propel consideration of the technology’s use in humans.
by Bennett McIntosh
Technology, Paternity, Patriarchy
Debora Spar argues that social change has always been driven by technology.
by Jonathan Shaw