Health
This article was originally published by Knowable Magazine.Peering through his microscope in 1910, the Franco-Canadian microbiologist Félix d’Hérelle noticed...
A grim and all too familiar scene played out on Thursday night as the Miami Dolphins faced off against the Buffalo Bills. Racing toward the end zone, the Dol...
Poverty has long been established as a crucial factor hindering the development of young children. Living in poverty can hurt a child’s lifelong health, soci...
When the tobacco industry was accused of marketing harmful products to teens, its leaders denied the charge but knew it was true. Even worse, the industry ha...
Tuesday’s presidential debate was, among other things, an excellent real-world test of the candidates’ cognitive fitness—and any fair-minded mental-health ex...
Young people have been reporting a sharp rise in anxiety and depression. This maps neatly onto the global rise of the smartphone. Some researchers are convin...
Tami McGraw used to be so allergic to red meat that even fumes from cooking might send her into anaphylactic shock. She couldn’t fry sausages for her family....
Up until last Friday afternoon, a total of 13 people in the United States had officially come down this year with avian influenza H5, also known as bird flu....
Over the last few years, it’s felt like the age verification debate has gotten progressively stupider. People keep insisting that it must be necessary, and w...
Anuj Shrestha
The Research
Thomas Keil and Marianna Zangrillo conducted a 10-year research program that examined how new CEOs and executives su...
This is Bob.
I’m in London (about to head to StanCon!), so I saw today’s opinion piece in The Guardian (a UK newspaper not immune to the following criticism...
There are eight billion people in the world, each with their own unique life story. New York City is home to over eight million people, but it's the most att...
Dr. Victor Wong/ShutterstockMSG is making a comeback. The internet’s favourite cucumber salad recipe includes fish sauce, cucumber, garlic and – as the vide...
LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom hit the throttle on his pressure campaign for local governments to address homeless encampments on Thursday, issuing his most...
Prof. Robert Leider (GMU): Are Parents Responsible For School Shootings Committed By Their Children?
I'm delighted to be able to pass along this item by Prof. Leider, who is an expert on criminal law: On Wednesday, an all-too-familiar tragic scene played out...
Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country d...
I realized I was getting old when I would get excited to purchase household items like a new vacuum cleaner, an air fryer, a nice blender and a food processo...
This is an edition of The Weekly Planet, a newsletter that provides a guide for living through climate change. Sign up for it here.It was the perfect climate...
Isabel Infantes / ReutersAnother of the sports making a debut at the 2024 Olympics is the Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay, where teams with one male and one f...
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, when temperatures reached possibly the hottest of any Games’ to date, athletes roasted. An archer fainted, and a table-tennis ...
A middle school in El Paso announced that it was banning students from wearing black clothing, claiming that it is harmful to their mental health.
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