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Ross Pomeroy
Editor, RealClearScience
Steven Ross Pomeroy is the editor of RealClearScience. As a writer, Ross believes that his greatest assets are his insatiable curiosity and his ceaseless love for learning. Follow him on Twitter @SteRoPo.
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Your old-fashioned chronological age is just a number. Your biological age can tell you how healthy you really are.
Will nature or nurture win out?
Drugs that stifle acute inflammation may prevent the body from healing properly.
It's the clitoris, stupid!
A large study links pornography use to decreased sexual performance for men and increased sexual performance for women.
Morbid fatality statistics on digital highway signs seem to distract drivers, thus increasing the number of car crashes.
Behavioral interventions may be better for long-term health.
Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod saved countless lives, but some religious leaders denounced his invention.
A large study concludes that people who grew up in rural areas are superior at navigation, likely because cities tend to be less complex.
COVID-19 and other microbes have shed light on disease spillover from animals to humans, but we can also spillback disease to wildlife.
Could we all attain this superpower?
Can stories help us become more creative?
The insects were just as accurate as trained dogs, although not as cuddly.
The A.I. system could improve the lives of commercially raised pigs.
Edible electronics, devices that can be broken down and digested, could perform many useful functions inside the body.
A ten-minute visit from a therapy dog reduces emergency room patients' pain and anxiety.
A study finds that sex is "moderate intensity physical activity," similar to light jogging or leisurely swimming.
Hormonal birth control for women may elevate the risk of depression and suicide, but so does pregnancy itself.