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Fatigue Can Shatter a Person

July 27, 2023

A woman in red sits before a setting sun as runners in blue speed past her under the stars and moon.

We’ve Been Thinking About the Internet All Wrong

Thomas Krendl Gilbert and Nathaniel Lubin

June 21, 2023

A graphic of a 19th-century water pump with a tangle of pipes underneath it

Long-Haulers Are Trying to Define Themselves

April 28, 2023

Blurry photo of a person resting their head in their hand

The Sea-Urchin Murderer Has Finally Been Apprehended

April 24, 2023

A live sea urchin and a dead one

Sick All the Time

Elizabeth Bruenig

March 27, 2023

Black-and-white photo of children blowing their noses

The Next Stage of COVID Is Starting Now

Katherine J. Wu

March 13, 2023

a baby in a hospital bassinet in a room

You Should Build a Frog Pond

March 8, 2023

An illustration of three frogs against a brick-wall background

No One Really Knows How Much COVID Is Silently Spreading … Again

Katherine J. Wu

February 28, 2023

two people made up of aerosols, transferring aerosols to each other

Colds Haven’t Changed. So Why Do They Suddenly Feel So Bad?

Katherine J. Wu

February 23, 2023

a row of people sneezing into handkerchiefs

Junk Food Is Bad for You. Is It Bad for Raccoons?

Katherine J. Wu

February 21, 2023

a black-and-white photo of a raccoon eating on the edge of a garbage can

An ICU Doctor on How This COVID Wave Is Different

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

February 17, 2023

Picture of an ICU doctor wearing a mask and protective face shield

A ‘Distinctly Human’ Trait That Might Actually Be Universal

Katherine J. Wu

February 9, 2023

a monkey making a cringing face

Someday, You Might Be Able to Eat Your Way Out of a Cold

Katherine J. Wu

February 2, 2023

a knight holding a honey stick

What the Body Means to Say

November 27, 2022

A woman surrounded by red lights

We Still Don’t Know What Fundamentally Causes Canker Sores

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 26, 2022

Illustration of a mouth with a question mark over it.

We’re Giving Up on the (Frog) Pandemic

Katherine J. Wu

November 1, 2022

Illustration of a frog with green spots all over it

Wild Birds in North America Are Dying Like Never Before

October 1, 2022

A team of rangers clears deceased birds from Staple Island.

Starting a Revolution Isn’t Enough

Jennifer A. Doudna

September 12, 2022

DNA in rainbow letters

Monkeypox Doesn’t Need to Be Renamed

August 17, 2022

A statuette of a monkey covering its mouth, overlaid with red polka dots

Serving Patients Through a Screen

August 15, 2022

Picture of a stethoscope with air pods in place of the ear pieces

What an Alzheimer’s Controversy Reveals About the Pressures of Academia

David Robert Grimes

July 29, 2022

A magnifying glass half-obscured by a cloud

Admit It, Squirrels Are Just Tree Rats

July 8, 2022

An image of a squirrel on the left, and a rat on the right. They look very similar.

As if Mosquitoes Weren’t Evil Enough

July 3, 2022

A photo of mosquitoes

Side Effects May Include … A Completely New Hair Color?

June 22, 2022

An illustration of a DNA strands made of hair.

Readers Offer Their Moral Dilemmas

Conor Friedersdorf

May 16, 2022

Student walking on campus on their phone

Living With an Invisible Disability

April 8, 2022

What Can One Disease Do to a Landscape?

April 7, 2022

A puma, vicuñas, and a condor, with blue squiggly lines linking them

Endemicity Is Meaningless

Jacob Stern and Katherine J. Wu

February 1, 2022

A road sign showing a virus with arrows coming out of it in all directions

‘Euphoria’ Is My Favorite Depression

January 21, 2022

Zendaya as Rue in Euphoria

The Atlantic Daily: Three Reasons to Be Optimistic About the 2020s

December 29, 2021

Art of a wrecking ball with a smiley face on it

A Very Radical, Very Delicious Take on Risk Management

Rachel Gutman-Wei

December 29, 2021

Illustration of a face staring at a spoonful of cookie dough

COVID Sure Looks Seasonal Now

Rachel Gutman-Wei

November 20, 2021

A man wearing a face mask walks through the snow.

I Didn’t Know My Mom Was Dying. Then She Was Gone.

October 4, 2021

The author as a child with her mother near a gate, in black-and-white

Our Most Reliable Pandemic Number Is Losing Meaning

September 13, 2021

A photo of a hospital bed with a graph superimposed, and a red line trending upwards

Not Everyone Can Afford to ‘Learn to Live With’ COVID-19

August 25, 2021

An illustration of the globe resting on a spot of coronavirus

One More Thing We Have in Common With Cats

Katherine J. Wu

July 28, 2021

a calico cat peeking out of the bottom of a photo