Health

Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids

Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.

The Decline of America’s Public Pools

As summers get hotter, public pools help people stay cool. Why are they so neglected?

Caffeine’s Dirty Little Secret

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In the Age of Ozempic, What’s the Point of Working Out?

The idea that we exercise to get thin may be more dangerous than ever.

Marriage Isn’t Hard Work; It’s Serious Play

Yes, love requires some labor. But that shouldn’t define the relationship.

Why Adults Still Dream About School

Long after graduation, anxiety in waking life often drags dreamers back into the classroom.

Why Making Friends in Midlife Is So Hard

I thought I was done dating. But after moving across the country, I had to start again—this time, in search of platonic love.

‘I Was Responsible for Those People’

The manager of Windows on the World survived 9/11, while 79 of his employees died. He’s still searching for permission to move on.

What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind

Grief, conspiracy theories, and one family’s search for meaning in the two decades since 9/11

Perfectionism Can Become a Vicious Cycle in Families

Mothers and fathers risk passing down this tendency to the next generation, creating a pattern of dissatisfaction.

The Family That Always Lives on Daylight Saving Time

A new bill proposes making daylight saving time permanent. But for one family, it already is.

A Woman’s AncestryDNA Test Revealed a Medical Secret

As a cancer patient, she had received cord-blood cells from an anonymous donor. The DNA from those cells led her to him.