Ross Pomeroy

Ross Pomeroy

Editor, RealClearScience

ross pomeroy

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 person in glasses using a computer is repeated four times on the left, showcasing the intensity of the first pro gamer, while two video game screenshots are featured on the right side of the image. Pink neon lines are superimposed over the scenes.
Dennis “Thresh” Fong talks to us about battling Elon Musk in Quake in the ‘90s, his undefeated record as a pro gamer, and using AI to detoxify gaming.
A child lovingly holds a dog’s face with both hands, gazing into its doggish eyes in an outdoor setting.
It's high time owners learned to speak their dog's language.
A black-and-white photo of a seated person with their head in their hand, partially overlaid with an image of flames, evocatively captures the intense struggle to treat anxiety.
Manipulating a signaling pathway in mice reversed their anxiety — and offers hope for a new class of anti-anxiety medications for humans.
A woman performing a high-knee exercise is overlaid on an image of a brain scan, set against a green and black background, highlighting the importance of exercise in the fight against Alzheimer's.
Could exercise be more effective than recently approved drugs?
An open processor is connected by circuit lines to a black chess piece, with binary code in the background, symbolizing the intersection of technology and strategy, where every move could deceive even the sharpest minds.
"If you’re training an AI to optimize for a task, and deception is a good way for it to complete the task, then there’s a good chance that it will use deception."
Close-up image of a baby's ear as the baby rests its head against a striped fabric, capturing the tender moments when they first start to absorb the language around them.
For most of human history, babies probably picked up language by overhearing.
A small clock displaying 9:10 is surrounded by a tangled yellow measuring tape with black markings against a dark background, symbolizing the precision and commitment of intermittent fasting.
"Fasting...should not be demonized for simply suggesting that we take a break from eating once in a while."