The Journal

Every dispatch,
in one place.

The complete archive. Reported essays, field notes, and longform investigations from twelve correspondents across six continents.

The Quiet Revolution in Global Longevity
Longevity

The Quiet Revolution in Global Longevity

From Okinawa to Sardinia, a new generation of researchers is rewriting what it means to age well — and the answers are unexpectedly ordinary.

Kenji Tanaka12 min read
Why the Mediterranean Diet Keeps Winning
Nutrition & Dietetics

Why the Mediterranean Diet Keeps Winning

Three decades of trials, one stubbornly consistent answer. Inside the dietary pattern that refuses to be dethroned.

Amelia Hart8 min read
The Return of Walking as Medicine
Movement

The Return of Walking as Medicine

A new wave of clinicians is prescribing what their patients have been told to avoid for a century: more time on their feet, less time anywhere else.

Lucas Moreau6 min read
Inside Lagos's Urban Food Renaissance
Nutrition & Dietetics

Inside Lagos's Urban Food Renaissance

A generation of West African chefs and farmers is reclaiming indigenous grains, with consequences for the global plate.

Fatima Okoye10 min read
The Sleep Debt We Refuse to Pay
Mind

The Sleep Debt We Refuse to Pay

Sleep researchers have spent a decade pleading for cultural change. The numbers, finally, are starting to move.

Priya Raman9 min read
Cold Water, Warm Science
Movement

Cold Water, Warm Science

Nordic cold-plunge culture has crossed every border. Now the trials are catching up with the practice.

Oscar Lindqvist5 min read
Forests as Hospitals: The Shinrin-Yoku Files
Planet

Forests as Hospitals: The Shinrin-Yoku Files

Japan's forest-bathing protocols are now codified into public health policy. Twelve countries are studying the model.

Kenji Tanaka7 min read
The New Geometry of Strength Training
Movement

The New Geometry of Strength Training

A decade of meta-analyses has quietly upended what we thought we knew about lifting heavy.

Lucas Moreau11 min read
Bangalore's Quiet War on Burnout
Mind

Bangalore's Quiet War on Burnout

Inside India's tech capital, a coalition of therapists, founders, and physicians is treating burnout as a public-health emergency.

Priya Raman8 min read
Eat the Coast: A Field Guide to Coastal Diets
Nutrition & Dietetics

Eat the Coast: A Field Guide to Coastal Diets

From Galicia to Goa, coastal communities share a dietary signature with measurable benefits for cardiac and cognitive health.

Amelia Hart7 min read
The Microbiome Map of a Single Year
Longevity

The Microbiome Map of a Single Year

What 4,200 daily stool samples taught a team of researchers — and what it means for the rest of us.

Kenji Tanaka13 min read
The Climate Inside Your Lungs
Planet

The Climate Inside Your Lungs

Air quality is no longer an outdoor concern. Inside the slow-moving public-health story of the indoor atmosphere.

Oscar Lindqvist9 min read