Hand transplant patients at the University of Pittsburgh were given new hands — and hope. But the experimental technique has led to side effects.
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How Rob Krar Helps Others Outrun Depression
“I think a good way to describe my depression is an inability to feel happiness. It’s just this gray zone. I have this beautiful life that I can’t appreciate.”
Communiqué from an Exurban Satellite Clinic of a Cancer Pavilion Named after a Financier
Anne Boyer encounters a familiar system — that grand and easy-to-mistake-for-everything system — at the cancer pavilion.
“We Are Not Lost Causes”
How youth in Rochester, New York, are working to save their neighborhood — and themselves — by forging pathways away from violent street crime.
Pot Luck
Searching for justice in the newly legal weed economy
Who Killed Tulum?
From unceasing development to contaminated cenotes, the problems continue to pile up in the Mayan paradise formerly known as Tulum.
Health Care Sponcon: Where Big Pharma Meets Instagram Influencer
Health care and medical sponsored content from influencers is growing on Instagram. But is it ethical?
Living to Tell About It
Struggling with trauma, sexual objectification, and self-harm, the teenage T Kira Madden found salvation in her close relationships with other young women.
25 Movies and the Magazine Stories That Inspired Them
A selection of 25 successful article-to-film adaptations that made it all the way to the box office.
8 Longreads by Will Storr on the Science of Storytelling
Eight must-read stories that investigate science, belief, and the human impulse to tell stories.
