Ross Pomeroy

Ross Pomeroy

Editor, RealClearScience

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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.

A statue depicting expressions of love languages.
Big Think spoke to the author of "The 5 Love Languages" about the popular relationship theory — and its lack of scientific support.
An image of an EV car with a map on it.
A $30,000 electric vehicle with 400 miles of range that charges in under 10 minutes remains a pipe dream over the near future.
A bottle of Coca Cola on a red background.
If you eat a diet full of refined grains, high-sugar drinks, and sweets, there's a good chance you have too much insulin.
A banknote with a portrait of a man in a hat.
New DNA analyses raise questions over the theory that Christopher Columbus and his men brought syphilis to Europe.
An illustration of an undergraduate man sitting at a desk.
College students once stood out from the pack on IQ tests. Today, they're about average.
A man in a blue shirt is holding his neck in front of a laptop, possibly experiencing inflammation.
Western societies seem to be getting inflammation achingly wrong.
A picture of an electric vehicle charging station.
A new analysis suggests previous "total cost of ownership" studies overlooked key factors.
A person sits in an armchair at a table engaged in digital reading. The person's face is scribbled over with green lines.
From Hogwarts to hashtags, kids' reading habits have changed drastically in recent decades — but data suggests cause for hope.
A woman holding a baby's hand, symbolizing the bond between families.
Smaller family networks, more great-grandparents, and fewer cousins.
A picture of a serene forest with tall trees and a peaceful pond.
The ominous cloud of acid rain hasn't vanished but rather drifted toward the developing world.
A photo of a man in front of a blue background, possibly resembling Wolfgang Pauli.
Wolfgang Pauli was a brilliant, well-liked physicist and a scathing critic of balderdash.
A collage of photos featuring Carl Sagan standing next to a spacecraft.
Teller and Sagan debated fiercely over nuclear proliferation. But was the conflict as personal as it was intellectual for Teller?
A man in a suit experiencing eudaimonic happiness while jumping in the air with a briefcase.
Between the hedonic and eudaimonic life, there's a happy medium to be found.
A family walking down a dirt road.
Is it better to be the oldest sibling, the youngest, or in the middle?
A rat is floating in front of a DNA screen, exhibiting an autistic behavior.
The study is a solid step toward developing gene therapies against neurodevelopmental disorders.