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The prominent economist Milton Friedman said that in order to understand the motivation of a person or organization, you must look ...

Two scientists. Two prominent institutions. One is a tenured professor running a microbial research laboratory where she investigates mechanisms of antibiotic ...

2022 was a dynamic year for scientific progress. The James Webb space telescope, launched on Christmas day 2021, quickly helped ...

Every human being will experience grief at some point in their lives — it’s a fundamental human experience. “I think ...

Three years ago, health officials in China announced the first cases of infection with a “novel coronavirus.” Dr. Zhang Jixian reported ...

What causes autism? It’s complex, which is an entirely unsatisfying explanation for those with loved ones who suffer from it ...

If AI works as promised, it could democratize health care by boosting access for underserved communities and lowering costs — ...

We’re obsessed with aging. In the quest to prolong life while remaining healthy, people have tried everything from turtle soup ...

Do you want to clone your pet? There are companies that will do it for you—if you have a half-million ...

Nazism is perhaps the most reprehensible ideology to which humans have ever subscribed. Its adherents started World War II and ...

Gregory Cochran, Jason Hardy and Henry Harpending, co-authors of “Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence”, did not clearly address how disease ...

Book Review: Behind the Quest for Eternal Life—In “The Price of Immortality,” journalist Peter Ward explores the frontiers of longevity ...

Was Freddie Mercury's magnificent voice aided by a genetic defect? ...

Believe it or not, scientists are exploiting venom from snakes, snails and other poisonous critters to make life-saving medicines. Could ...

Human beings have a conflicted relationship with the sun. People love sunshine, but then get hot. Sweat gets in your ...

Who would have thought that bones found at the bottom of a medieval well in England could stir up such ...

You will likely spend about 26 years of your life sleeping. You’ll use up another seven years just falling asleep, ...

There’s an epidemic of obesity and diabetes, and everyone is trying to lose weight. Many individuals use artificial sweeteners to ...

The phrase “Look down your nose” comes from a time when aristocrats were taller than commoners due to their superior ...

One in four homicides is committed by an intimate partner. As many as four out of ten murders of women ...

Queen Elizabeth’s newly released death certificate contains just two curious words under her cause of death – old age ...

Operationalizing a perspective that discusses generalized anxiety and other mental health disorders without interpreting history through the lens of our ...

I loved Lessons in Chemistry, the hit novel by Bonnie Garmus, and I’m thrilled that Apple TV+ picked it up ...

In March 2021, three members of Congress sent a long letter to the director of the National Institutes of Health, the ...

A lot happens when you reach puberty. Your voice may change and you will experience hair growth on parts of ...

Using body mass index (BMI) to assess a patient's health may yield misleading results and undermine public trust in medicine, ...

The research used our old friend, the UK Biobank, a repository of genetic information on a large number of Brits, ...