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.

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To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.
Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
a person standing on a blue floor with their feet up.
A study found that older adults who cannot balance on one foot for ten seconds have an 84% higher risk of death than those who can.
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"In witness whereof, the parties hereunto have set their hands to these presents as a deed on the day month and year hereinbefore mentioned."
a pig and a baby pig are depicted in this illustration.
Energy balance is the greatest arbiter of weight gain. Embrace the "oinker diet."
a couple of squid swimming in the ocean.
Numerous videos online show that squid undergo a dramatic color-changing effect after being stunned or killed.
dream advertising
A team of scientists has warned that marketers seek to advertise in our dreams. Will our sleep be commercialized against our wishes?
a close up of a red and white shrimp.
The intensely white coloration of the shrimp is a remarkable feat of bioengineering.
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We commonly stereotype psychopaths as criminals, but there are probably more in upper management.
a crowd of people walking down a city street.
Walking is rarer in the U.S. compared to similar nations. It is also deadlier: Nearly 7,500 pedestrians were killed in 2021.
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Raw food, paleo, gluten-free, detox, and ketogenic: All of these diet fads withered when subjected to scientific scrutiny.
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The researchers rebuked writers, scholars, and public figures for lazily perpetuating the notion of widespread gender bias in academic science.
a diagram of the energy storage system.
Old coal mines can be converted into "gravity batteries" by retrofitting them with equipment that raises and lowers giant piles of sand.
a pile of money sitting on top of a pile of money.
If a person stands little chance of ever being wealthy, perhaps playing the lottery is a rational decision.
a painting of a human skull on a table.
Most people are not experiencing a "good" death.