Mining personal data has become a trillion-dollar business — which is why activists are pushing laws to curb the practice, and why Facebook and other companies are desperate to stop them.
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How the microbiologist Carl Woese fundamentally changed the way we think about evolution and the origins of life.
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Almond growing in California is a $7.6 billion industry that wouldn’t be possible without the 30 billion bees (and hundreds of human beekeepers) who keep the trees pollinated — and whose very existence is in peril.
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It’s tempting to see each of the country’s creeping public disasters as an epidemic. But an epidemic would probably be a lot easier to solve.
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Twitter’s Misguided Quest to Become a Forum for Everything
An online community at this scale has perverse and dangerous consequences.
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Her Searing Gut Pain Suggested Celiac. Why Didn’t Cutting Out Gluten Help?
The patient, a retired nurse, had no insurance and diagnosed herself — which may have been part of the problem.
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Letter of Recommendation: Yacht Spotting
An app lets you peer into the ocean lives of the megawealthy.
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Should I Speak Up About My Client’s Drinking Problem?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to handle an seemingly alcoholic client and whether to tell an employer you may be quitting.
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How Body Type May Determine Runners’ and Swimmers’ Destinies
Among elite runners, sprinters and marathoners look as if they could be different species. Not so for swimmers.
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Jerry Seinfeld Says Jokes Are Not Real Life
The comedian on offensive humor, why Twitter is hell and the best joke in the world.
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Behind the Cover: Under Their Thumb
For this issue, a look at the unlikely activists who took on Google and Facebook as they made billions mining personal data.
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