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Reviewing the evidence on the benefits and dangers of glyphosate
President Trump recently signed an Executive Order that expands U.S. production of glyphosate, a herbicide contained in commercial and domestic ...
What will the human race look like centuries into the future? Here are three possibilities, and one is chilling
Everything around us seems to be changing at breakneck speed. Twenty years ago, smartphones were niche products. Twenty years before ...
Calorie dense beverages are exceeding what our bodies have evolved to handle
Humans started drinking the equivalent of very, very light beer 13,000 years ago. And we may have consumed milk from livestock as ...
How did current ape species found in Africa evolve?
Fossil remains in Europe and Asia show ape species flourishing and evolving new traits during that gap period for African ...
Headache, nausea, fatigue, dizziness: Here’s what is really behind the Havana Syndrome phenomenon
A review of studies and circumstances surrounding episode leads to clear conclusion that what's dubbed ‘Havana Syndrome’ is Iatrogenesis ...
Viewpoint: Harnessing bacteria, fungi, and viruses — Genetically engineering microbes could help us contain climate change, if we get clear regulations
Microbes are tiny living things — such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses — that can help boost crop immunity to ...
Bisexuality: Nearly 10% of Americans report having had both male and female partners — three times more than in 1994
A new study shows that bisexuality—being attracted to or engaging in sexual behavior with people of both sexes—has tripled in ...
Worm world: Are there more parasites now than ever?
"Is the world wormier than it used to be?" Chelsea Wood, an Associate Professor in the School of Aquatic and ...
Locked-in syndrome: We don’t know much about the mental health of people who are fully paralyzed yet conscious
In 1993, Julio Lopes was sipping a coffee at a bar when he had a stroke. He fell into a ...
Viewpoint: Switching to organic food because it’s healthier, safer and better for the environment? Think again
Many consumers are committed to organic products for reasons that are more emotional than logical. They frequently define their purchasing ...
Talking to newborns: Within the first few hours, they can recognize language patterns and begin learning
Babies actually start processing language and speech incredibly early. Even while in the womb, they learn to discern voices, along ...
Bad sleep: How much rest do we need to prevent cognitive decline and dementia?
Most of us struggle to think well after a poor night’s sleep – feeling foggy and failing to perform at ...
Viewpoint: George Washington University School of Public Health and anti-pesticide economist Charles Benbrook caught in ethics breach
A recent public release from a graduate student at George Washington University claimed insights from old data answers new questions in newly published research. These ...
How exercise reprograms your brain
Physical activity can do wonders for the body. Exercise can trim weight, chisel muscles, and strengthen the lower back, among ...
A highly effective sports performance enhancing drug is…. caffeine
Late last year, a team of scientists from Brazil published the results of a study exploring the effects of a ...
Nanocontraception: How heated nanoparticles injected in testicles might be a viable method of male birth control
Nanocontraception is based on the idea that nanoparticles — here, about 100 nanometres in diameter, or roughly one-thousandth the width ...
What can our eyes reveal about sexual orientation?
Through our eyes, the world is revealed. But can our eyes also reveal ourselves? In particular, the pupil, the black ...
Part II: Viewpoint — Questioning ‘race equity ideology’ is a career-ender in modern medicine
The national movement to eradicate what activists call systemic racism and white privilege from medicine and health care has few ...
Part I: Viewpoint — Does American medicine perpetuate a ‘racist caste system’? Critical Race Theory enters mainstream health
Medical schools are adding units on critical race theory, intersectionality, implicit bias, identity, oppression, allyship, power and privilege to their curricula. Medical students are ...
Viewpoint: Why are misconceptions about transgender youth so widespread? Maybe too many people listen to misinformed pundits like FOX’s Tucker Carlson
[Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson has] repeatedly mangled and misrepresented the science on gender dysphoria and transgender youth. ... "There ...
Virtual reality sex might soon be a reality. What can we expect?
VR sex simulation is not the same as porn. The term “VR porn” is therefore somewhat misleading. When viewing photos ...
Pigs are ‘hot’ as family pets. Are they as social as dogs?
Pork is now the most widely eaten meat in the world. At the same time, owing to the creation of novel, smaller ...
Viewpoint: The failure of corn-powered cars – How America’s ethanol subsidies boosted food prices and carbon emissions
E-15 is only available at about 2 to 3% of gas stations in the United States, so for those unaware, it means ...
There are a lot of psychopaths amongst us… and some of them are gifts to society
As a happily married family man and a successful neuroscientist at the University of California-Irvine, [James] Fallon didn't exactly fit ...
COVID = Less sex and more porn
In a recent paper published to the Archives of Sexual Behavior, [professor of media psychology and design Nicola] Döring explored a few of ...
Viewpoint: Bogus glyphosate-cancer litigation undermines legitimate product safety lawsuits
Nearly every American was taught the same six steps that serve as a fundamental building block to scientific education: Make ...
What is the slippery notion of ‘consciousness’?
As humans, we know we [are conscious] but haven't a clue how it arises. It's a facet of intelligent life ...
Why turning to germaphobia won’t protect us from another pandemic
As someone who has spent years doing research in health geography, I understand that this collective turn to cleanliness serves ...
