Here’s what to read the week of September 9, from the climate apocalypse and future of food to the secret power of menopause • Photograph of Ocean Vuong ℅ The New York Times

Here’s what to read the week of September 2, from what plants have to say to the necessary vulnerability of celebrating birthdays as an adult • Photograph of Hanif Abdurraqib ℅ Kate Sweeney for The Nation

Here’s what to read the week of August 26, from how to help the Amazon rainforest fires to finding clothes to fit a body altered by cancer treatment • Photograph of Arundathi Roy ℅ The New York Times

Here’s what to read the week of August 19, from white supremacy in farmer’s markets to a new hypothesis for Alzheimer’s Disease • Photograph of Roxane Gay ℅ Medium

Here’s what to read the week of August 5, from the cost of chronic health problems to the truth about pain killer addiction • Photograph ℅ Sipa Press/Rex Features

Here’s what to read the week of July 29, from superbug E.coli strains in the gut to supporting a partner through their anxiety and the neuroscience of pain • Photograph of Nikki Giovanni ℅ Brain Pickings

Here’s what to read the week of July 22, from the gut-Autism connexion to Black women’s maternal mortality rate in the U.K. • Photograph of Beyoncé ℅ Tyler Mitchell for Vogue

Here’s what to read the week of July 15, from how to pick a doctor to eco-friendly travel • Photograph of Sylvia Plath ℅ Indiana University

Here’s what to read the week of July 8, from healthcare for undocumented immigrants to how worms may help us understand the human nervous system • Photograph ℅ Russell Young