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.

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Five people stand or sit around a large, ominous hole in the ground, under a cloudy sky, reflecting on their struggles and supporting each other in raising mental health awareness.

“Awareness” overload: How TikTok’s mental health content goes off the rails

Mental health awareness is more widespread than ever. Some professionals think it may have gone overboard — especially on TikTok.

A digital collage featuring a woman's face split with computer code and abstract geometric shapes in green, black, and gray tones, representing the complexity of decision-making.

AI model uses human irrationality to predict our next moves

"How long someone thinks about [a] problem is a really good proxy of how humans behave."

A female physician wearing a lab coat and glasses examines medical images on a lightboard. The background consists of a green and purple abstract design.

Health

Women tend to be better physicians than men. Here’s why.

Female physicians tend to practice medicine as it should be practiced: with care and compassion.

An assortment of half-empty drinks in various plastic cups, some with ice and garnishes, is spread across a dark surface—a telltale sign of the previous night's hangover remedy attempts.

Health

Is this the hangover cure we’ve been waiting for?

The hangover "cures" on the market don't work. A new hydrogel does.

Narcissist CEOs are more likely to hire narcissists to top roles

It's a proclivity that sometimes leads to internal conflicts and high turnover.

a collage of photos of people talking on their cell phones.

What does the average human do every day?

The Human Chronome Project finds that the average human sleeps for 9 hours but only works for 2.6 hours.

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Health

Don’t buy the lazy nutrition science on artificial sweeteners

Poor research can be worse than no research at all.

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