What do Neanderthals have to do with medicine? More than enough, it turns out, to earn Svante Pääbo the Nobel Prize in Medicine for sequencing the Neanderthal g...
What do Neanderthals have to do with medicine? More than eno...
People are worried about the coronavirus again. So it is understandable that public health officials are feeling pressure to recommend Covid-19 booster shots so...
People are worried about the coronavirus again. So it is und...
The Delta variant is the new pandemic scare story. Its spread into the United States has not led to a surge in deaths or packed hospital wards, but the news of ...
The Delta variant is the new pandemic scare story. Its sprea...
A clutter of unhelpful pandemic rules is wearing people down. One-way systems in stores, outdoor mask mandates, ceaselessly cleaning groceries and packages — sh...
A clutter of unhelpful pandemic rules is wearing people down...
Each virus has its unique pattern of spread, and scientists are starting to get a handle on how the novel coronavirus behaves. This understanding is making it p...
Each virus has its unique pattern of spread, and scientists ...
What’s the medical breakthrough that could save the most lives over the next ten years? In the 2020s, medical research will likely inch forward when it comes to...
What’s the medical breakthrough that could save the most liv...
It’s that time of the year when a middle-aged person’s fancy turns to treadmills and diets. Scientific literature on excess weight and health is expanding along...
It’s that time of the year when a middle-aged person’s fancy...
What’s so scary about climate change? The term is not scary — at least not in a visceral, skin-crawling sense. Scientists have shown that the likely two degrees...
What’s so scary about climate change? The term is not scary ...
To leave a longstanding mark in history, Donald Trump needs more than low unemployment numbers and a string of scandals. He needs a moonshot.
Other leaders have...
To leave a longstanding mark in history, Donald Trump needs ...
Believers in the quest to make America great again should consider where there is evidence things are going down the tubes. There is hardly a more dismal exampl...
Believers in the quest to make America great again should co...
Blind faith in any technology can be dangerous, especially when it comes to areas of forensic science such as DNA fingerprinting. For example, if police have “D...
Blind faith in any technology can be dangerous, especially w...
It did not take long to discover there was some hype behind the latest drug being touted as the great hope for Alzheimer’s disease. This summer, the biotech gia...
It did not take long to discover there was some hype behind ...
