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Even Moderate Drinking Might Be Terrible For Your Brain

Just four pints of beer or five glasses of wine a week can have effect, say scientists.

How Silicon Valley Billionaires Are Re-Engineering Education in America

Technology entrepreneurs are influencing what content and how schools teach through philanthropy.

‘Unprecedented’ Success in Gene Therapy Blood Cancer Trial

Each patient in the two studies responded to doses of the advanced cancer treatment.

Working Graveyard Shift Could Damage Men’s Sperm Count

New study finds bad schedules do more harm than sleep apnea and insomnia.

What Makes a Lady Tick Once She’s Actually in the Boudoir?

We asked 9 real, live, sex-having women to weigh in

TVs in Children’s Bedrooms Increase the Risk of Obesity

New research watches kids gaining weight with more television access.

Exercising Too Much Can Be Type of Eating Disorder

An Esquire writer details his personal, painful battle with exercise bulimia.

Harvard Launches Course Based on ‘Game of Thrones’

Students will compare the show to real-life medieval people and events.

The Six Special-Edition Liquors You Can Only Find in Airports

In which the phrase ‘spirit airlines’ is a good thing

Doctor’s 1980 Letter That Helped Trigger the Opioid Epidemic

Five-sentence letter to the editor wound up proving both incorrect and wildly influential.

Hilton Adds ‘Private Gym’ to Accommodations Offerings

If this won't guarantee you a good night's sleep, you're SOL

New Yorker’s ‘The Addicts Next Door’ Spotlights Opioid Epidemic

West Virginians under grip of opioid addiction give human view of national crisis.

College Freshmen Are Losing Their Religion

Number of first-year college students who profess no faith has tripled in past 30 years.