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Scientists ranked countries on their end-of-life care. The U.S. fared poorly.
When reading critiques that inflate the uncertainty of science, ask these 7 questions.
A boy in Germany seems to be the first person to be cured of a rare and painful skin condition commonly called "butterfly disease."
Treatments for depression have significantly improved since the 1980s. So why isn't the rate of depression decreasing?
After a night of partying and heavy drinking, you might be tempted to Google "hangover cures." Unfortunately, there aren't any.
Done properly, peer review requires that journals fulfill their role as knowledge custodians, rather than being mere knowledge distributors.
Research reminds us that mild cognitive impairment isn’t necessarily a prelude to dementia.
A divergence in mortality rates between U.S. states suggests that public health policy plays a substantial role in how long people live.
We don't know with 100% certainty where SARS-CoV-2 first came from or how it first infected humans. But not all options are equally likely.
A small, Seattle-based study will look to see if the psychedelic can alleviate the pandemic’s mental health impact.
Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in other rich countries despite paying much more for healthcare. We explore the number of factors which might explain this difference.
One patient’s surprising results have experts cautiously optimistic.
Experiencing too much pleasure and not enough pain may yield counterintuitive consequences.
There is no rule that will force Omicron or another COVID variant to become less deadly over time, but there is reason for hope.
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
The early colonists thought they were being pulled by God into a void left by plague.
The cause of Alzheimer's is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.
Some of the most popular "anti-aging" diets show promise in rodent studies. But are they effective for humans?
A mouthwash solution containing ferumoxytol and a dye could treat, prevent, and diagnose tooth decay, according to UPenn researchers.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Delaying or refusing vaccines for non-medical reasons is literally a killer choice. When it comes to issues at the intersection of science and society, there are all sorts of things that […]
Ignoring a scientific truth doesn’t change it, even when the consequences are deadly. “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too?” Many of us, as children, […]
The only doubts are completely unreasonable. Where did the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, come from? Over the past few weeks, there’s been a tremendous push — largely among politicians but also […]
Despite the enormous flood of recent reports, there’s no good evidence for a lab leak. At the very end of 2019, a new disease began to emerge in humans: COVID-19. Originally […]
It occurred naturally, and scientists know this for certain. Starting in late 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, began infecting human beings for the very first time. Discovered in samples […]
The ultimate lesson from Dr. Birx is one we should never, ever repeat. About a year ago, as the world experienced the deadly “first wave” associated with the coronavirus pandemic, many […]
Here are the best answers science has to a myriad of commonly asked questions. Over the past 12 months, the status of humans on planet Earth has changed dramatically. The […]
It’s that the Universe can be understood at all. Don’t deafen yourself to its lessons. In a nutshell, 2020 has been a unique year in human history. For the first time […]
The first COVID-19 vaccines are here. So are the anti-vaxxers. Over the past year, most of us have learned more about coronaviruses than we ever thought we’d need to know. […]