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Spermageddon? Diving sperm counts say more about male anxiety than male fertility
There was something wrong, very wrong, with Israeli testicles. A few years ago, an army major named Hagai Levine began ...
Viewpoint: Ignoring genetics threatens to make racial discussions ‘more extreme and divisive’
[A controversial op-ed] by David Reich, a professor of genetics at Harvard, [...] carefully advanced the case that there are genetic ...
What would Whole Foods look like if it were ‘science-based’?
[Editor’s note: Jenny Splitter is a writer, storyteller and mother of two.] Whole Foods used to be my idea of ...
Why so many biotechnology start-ups, like Theranos, fail
Two years after the $9 billion start-up “unicorn” Theranos crumbled, Silicon Valley still appears to be struggling to learn its ...
Our brains can’t handle lack of explanation for lone-wolf terror attacks
[I]t would be nice if we could develop some profile of the sorts of people who become lone-wolf attackers...Unfortunately, this ...
Caster Semenya’s running dominance raises question of sex tests at future Olympics
[The 2016 Olympics has] provided something of a crash course on the science of sex differences. That’s largely due to ...
GMO opponents so ‘disgusted’ with GMOs that evidence will never change their minds
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As the psychologists Sydney ...
What’s the best way to address gender dysphoria in young children?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2016, there’s fairly ...
Is ‘free will’ compatible with neuroscience?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Back in the 1980s, ...
Despite continuing mainstream popularity, ‘Grain Brain’ author finds little support from medical experts
In recent months, the media has become increasingly impatient with high-profile health advocates who dispense unsubstantiated medical advice. Among the ...
“Dr. Oz stands up for First Amendment right to promote false health claims”
In case you haven't been keeping up with Dr. Mehmet Oz since he won a spot in America's heart by ...
