Health

People who sleep according to their culture’s norms are healthier overall

The line between life and death has never been clear—and modern technology blurs it further

Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes

Two physicians get frank about uncertainty in medicine

You have never read a science book like this

The scientific potential of an overlooked flower

In his new book, Michael Joseph Gross explores how the notion of strength has changed since Homer

An environmental chemist investigates the origins of her leukemia

And why it’s bad for patients

The impact of famine may be written in the bodies of future generations

How scientists unraveled the rare condition of organs being reversed in people

New evidence suggests it was slower than we thought.