Jeffrey Kluger

Jeffrey Kluger, senior editor, oversees TIME's science and technology reporting. He has written or co-written more than 35 cover stories for the magazine and regularly contributes articles and commentary on science and health stories. Kluger is the co-author, with astronaut Jim Lovell, of Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, which was the basis of the Apollo 13 movie released in 1995. His other books include, Splendid Solution, published in 2006, which tells the story of Jonas Salk and the polio vaccine. He is also the author of the 2008 Hyperion release Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex (and Why Complex Things Can Be Made Simple), and the upcoming novel Freedom Stone. Before joining TIME, Kluger was a staff writer for Discover magazine, where he wrote the "Light Elements" humor column, and he was also an editor for the New York Times Business World Magazine, Family Circle and Science Digest. Kluger, who is also an attorney, has taught science journalism at New York University.

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Junior Seau’s Death Raises Familiar and Agonizing Questions

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It will take an autopsy to learn if the latest NFL suicide was a result of game-related brain damage.

Shhh! Genius at Work

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In this week’s issue of TIME, we explain why the brain does its most creative work while you’re asleep. Subscribers can read the full story here.

The Science of Animal Friendships: How Beasts Can Be BFFs

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This week’s TIME cover story — available to subscribers here — reveals that true friendship, marked by generosity, sacrifice and commitment, once thought to be the province of humans, exists among the lower species too.

Shhhh! The Quiet Joys of the Introvert

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Spare a thought for the poor introverts among us. In a world of party animals and glad-handers, they’re the ones who stand by the punch bowl.

A Bird Flu Death in China. What it Means — and Doesn’t Mean

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Bird flu claims a life in China. Should you be worried?

Super-Duper Hydrocodone? An Open Letter to Big Pharma

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A powerful and addictive new painkiller is coming down the pike. Can this be anything but an unmitigated disaster?

Got Money? Then You Might Lack Compassion

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Are the rich really the unfeeling boors they’re made out to be? Studies suggest that the richer people are, the less compassion they show.

Derek Boogaard: Another Athlete Claimed by Brain Damage

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America is becoming a punch-drunk place. With the NHL season raging along and the NFL gearing up for its bone-crunching round of playoffs starting this month, most fans try not to give too much thought to how the players themselves are bearing up. But there was another tragic reminder recently, with the announcement that hockey [...]

Why a Smart Tax on Soda Would Work

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Sin taxes work. How do I know? Easy: Last night, when I went into a green market in my neighborhood in New York City, I noticed that an ordinary pack of Marlboros now sells for a stunning $14. “Have you noticed people buying less?” I asked the woman at the register.

Narcissists Know They’re Obnoxious, But Love Themselves All the Same

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Odds are you know some narcissists. Odds are they’re smart, confident and articulate. They make you laugh, they make you think; the first time you met, they probably charmed the pants off of you — perhaps even literally. The odds are also that that spell didn’t last.