The logic of anxiety
Anxiety is one of those words that means a hundred different things depending on who’s using it. A clinical disorder. ...
Tag: Science
More young women are dying from heart disease — and people are missing these warning signs
You know what a pink ribbon signifies. Breast cancer, right? Now what about a red dress?Did you come up with ...
The false promise of a “no sugar” diet
When I picked up my kids’ birthday cake this week, I felt a tinge of guilt that I’m sure many ...
Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires
The extreme heat, high winds, and severe dry conditions that produce towering, fast-moving flames that advance by the acre are ...
“The real agenda is rejecting science”: FDA unexpectedly nixes new Moderna flu vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cancelling development of a new flu vaccine from biotech giant Moderna, with one ...
One good thing the Trump administration might actually do for science
The Trump administration’s scientific agenda has been widely characterized — rightly so — as a war on scientific progress. But, ...
We have a miraculous anti-aging vaccine. Why aren’t more people getting it?
An elixir for keeping our brains and bodies younger may already be sitting on pharmacy shelves across the United States ...
One weird thing that’s been holding drug trials back
Here’s something strange about how we test new drugs: Every clinical trial has to pretend that nothing like it has ...
50,000 clandestine Starlink terminals are keeping Iranians in touch with the rest of the world
It’s difficult to know exactly what is happening in Iran since the government shut down the internet on January 8, ...
The problem with blaming everything on inflammation
Inflammation is on everybody’s minds these days, and it seems like wherever you look, someone is telling you how to ...
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