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Frederick Carl Frieseke / Wikimedia The Running Conversation in Your Head
What a close study of "inner speech" reveals about why humans talk to themselves
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The Poems That Help With Sudden Change
After the shocking election of Donald Trump on Tuesday, as people continue to process their emotions, work through their exhaustion…
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Mel Evans / AP How to Cope With Post-Election Stress
Many people are fearful and anxious about what President Trump could mean for America. Psychologists weigh in on how to manage that anxiety and move forward.
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Jerry Mosey / AP The Different Stakes of Male and Female Birth Control
A clinical trial of contraceptives for men was halted because of side effects—side effects that women have dealt with for decades.
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Chelsea Beck The Rise of Dating-App Fatigue
Services like Tinder and Hinge are no longer shiny new toys, and some users are starting to find them more frustrating than fun.
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Alan Diaz / AP What Happened While America Waited for Zika Funding
Congress finally approved a $1.1 billion deal—but Zika has already done real damage in the United States.
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Joe Raedle / Getty The First Documented Case of Zika Spread by Physical Contact
It appears the virus was spread through the tears or sweat of a patient with a particularly severe infection.
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Max Taylor Photography Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on When Language Fails Her
The writer spoke about police killings in America.
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Angeliki Panagiotou / Corbis / Getty Taking the Fear and Desperation Out of Online Dating
The quest for a calmer, gentler dating app
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rolfo / Getty How to Be Mindful While Reading Mindfulness Articles
Every piece of content you click on is also a chance to practice being present.
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Shutterstock / Katie Martin / The Atlantic Tiny Vampires
On living with mosquitoes in the time of Zika
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Basic Books / Gregory Miller / Zak Bickel ... How to Use Fun to Find Meaning in Life
Ian Bogost's book "Play Anything" advises looking outside yourself to see the world as it really is.
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Graywolf Press / Trace Ramsey / Zak Bickel ... When 'The Miracle of Life' Doesn't Happen
In The Art of Waiting, Belle Boggs explores the meaning of infertility in a culture that venerates parenthood above all else.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters Mosquitoes Can Pass Zika to Their Offspring
Thanks to this “vertical transmission” the virus may be able to survive the winter in Aedes aegypti’s eggs.
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Josue Decavele / Reuters Zika Seems to Thrive in the Vagina
A study in mice looks at the risks of vaginal infection.
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Stephanie Rabemiafara / Getty Best Friends Build Shared Memory Networks
But they take two different forms.
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Digital Art / Getty Thank Heavens for Email Clichés
Overused phrases—“I hope you’re well,” “Best,” etc.—are more valuable than they seem.
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Brennan Linsley / AP Three Kinds of Vaccines Protect Monkeys from Zika
Next up: human trials.
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Sukree Sukplang / Reuters In a Brainy Age, the Heart Retains its Symbolic Power
Scientists no longer believe that the soul lives in the heart—but we continue to use it as a metaphor for far more than just its physical function.
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Steven Mark Needham / Getty The Sad Ballad of Salad
Salad is the food of abstention, so of course it's classified as women's food.
