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One of America’s Great Traditions Is Dying. I’ll Never Let It. Not Now That I Have Proof I Was Right All Along.

My Brother Woke Up in the Hospital With a Strange Story. It Was Even Stranger When It Turned Out to Be True.

My brother’s “breakdown” turned out to be something far more sinister.

There’s No Such Thing as an Eternal Sunshine Drug. What We Do Have Is Propranolol.

Pop a few pills, do a little therapy, and it might all go away.

They’re Giant. They’re Cuddly

Popularity isn't always a good thing.

Dr. Gift

In 1995 a Woman Received a Phone Call That Stunned Her—and Ignited a Scandal That Haunted America for Years

Two Generations Ago, It Wasn’t So Weird to Be Naked in Front of Other People. Now Everyone Hates It. I Went to the Only Place to Find Out Why.

At Glen Eden Sun Club, nudism is alive and well. It’s also one of the last places in the world where that’s true.

Jeffrey Epstein Misunderstood How Genes Work. The Reason Why Is Kind of Dark.

He believed in creating “better” humans.

Peter Thiel Just Accidentally Made a Chilling Admission. Five Decades Ago, One Man Saw It Coming.

He was laughed out of academia for this take about the internet. Turns out he was right.

Beer Is Officially on the Decline in America. No One Saw the Real Culprit Coming.

The war on suds has multiple fronts—but they all come from the same place.

The Horrible Truth About Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases

Junk science has put people on death row.