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June 16, 2026
By Kelsey Miller

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My Weird-But-Amazing Trick for Falling Asleep

I'm a lousy sleeper and have often wished for some sort of adult sleep-training program...

It has a near-perfect success rate.

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June 15, 2026
By Lucy Kalanithi

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The ‘Tincture’ of Time

Primary care doctors like me talk a lot about “the tincture of time"...

A moving essay by Lucy Kalanithi on being a doctor, widow, and mother.

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June 15, 2026
By Kaitlyn Teer

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Is a Bike Bus the Most Joyful Way to Get to School?

Every Friday morning, we wait with our first grader at the corner for the bus to arrive. But instead of a big yellow school bus rolling up, it’s a fleet of parents and kids on bicycles: This is our neighborhood "bike bus."

“Buddy,” I said, “We are the bus!”

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