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286 articles-
A Pediatrician’s Lament
How the blustery rhetoric of Trump and Kennedy makes life harder for local physicians -
Is Fake Sugar Bad for Brains?
Sweet additives like saccharin and aspartame might fast-track cognitive decline -
Our Dark, Unvaccinated Future
Diseases that cause suffocation, paralysis, and childhood death are poised to come surging back -
How to Run Across Death Valley in the Summer
Learning how to cope with heatwaves, from an ultrarunner -
Heart Attacks in Space
Effective CPR is hard when both patient and rescuer are floating -
A Brief History of mRNA Vaccines
When vaccine research funding is cut, people will die -
How to Grow Human Bones
Coral plays a surprising role in modern bone grafts -
The “We Evolved to Eat Meat” Argument Doesn’t Hold Up
The evolutionary story behind meat consumption is less convincing than it sounds -
Longevity Might Be All In Your Head
The biological age of your organs could predict your health—and death -
Sleep Has No Magic Number
People who sleep according to their culture’s norms are healthier overall
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How To Tell If You’re Dead
The line between life and death has never been clear—and modern technology blurs it further
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Worm-Inspired Treatments Inch Toward the Clinic
Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes
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The Importance of Muscle
In his new book, Michael Joseph Gross explores how the notion of strength has changed since Homer
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When Did I Start Getting Cancer?
An environmental chemist investigates the origins of her leukemia -
Why Doctors Test Too Much
And why it’s bad for patients -
You Are What Your Ancestors Didn’t Eat
The impact of famine may be written in the bodies of future generations -
The Anatomical Quirk That Saved Dr. No
A wild tale of how scientists unraveled embryology’s most fascinating mystery. -
How Disease Really Spread in the Americas
New evidence suggests it was slower than we thought.