As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope—and most didn’t hold up. Scientists analyzed decades of research and found little reliable evidence that ...

In its effort to correlate genomic structure with gene function, the 4D Nucleome Consortium (4DN), led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., ...

A fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived seven million years ago bears the hallmarks of bipedalism, according to a ...

Much has been written advising laypeople to navigate conflicting medical opinions and identify the golden truth amid the ...

Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, Sheboygan had to rethink street salting and added salt brine to its toolbox of winter ...

Avocados occupy a distinctive position in modern nutrition research. They are fruits, yet unlike most fruits, they are ...

Mongolian shamans beat wicker drums to summon ancestral spirits. A Peruvian man in a headdress unleashes a piercing ululation. And a man from Kentucky tells me the body can rid itself of cancer if you ...

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Scientists are wary that millions of people will fall ill and mass deaths would occur if this virus mutates and causes ...

Most of the time, you assume your brain is either “on” or “off,” awake or asleep. A new study shows something far more ...

Computers found what human experts missed: a divide between aging biology research and patient care that decades of funding ...