A new generation of scholars and curators are exploring how craft objects are shaped by the forces of history, culture, and society. Call it the “craftscape.”

Ceramist Gregg Moore collaborates with chefs — and the land — to create custom dishes that reflect everything from sustainable farming to police brutality to the Chilean coastline.

Thinking about having your genome mapped? Consider these six issues first.

New research and progressive practitioners are looking beyond cholesterol for answers.

How to read the telltale clues of health imbalances — and what to do about them.

An interview with comedian and political comedian Bill Maher.

Finalist for a Folio award in 2014. I wrote the opening essay and interviewed Michele Simon.

Could your neighborhood be making you fat?

Why our busy nation needs to chill out.

Is functional medicine the future of medicine? Yes, according to these three case studies.

How a healthy, happy sex life supports good health — and vice versa.

Baby boomers are reshaping expectations when it comes to their personal health and fitness.

The low-fat era may be coming to an end, but there’s still a lot of confusion about what's healthy.

How dogs — yes, Fido and Blackie! — can revitalize America's neighborhoods.

To privatize or not to privatize? When it comes to water, that is the question.

Despite — or perhaps because of — censorship, Iranian filmmakers are enjoying a golden age.