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Seals, dolphins, and seabirds are becoming ill and dying in disturbing numbers on West Coast beaches. The culprit is an algae ...
Is everyone’s favorite physician, Dr. Google, about to be replaced by a smarter algorithm? In a new study of virtual urgent care, AI played the role of digital triage nurse, doctor’s assistant, and ...
Headlines warn of “toxic dust.” But are these ominous claims grounded in current science — or just blowing dust in our eyes?
Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has controversially promoted vitamin A as a treatment for measles, ...
Following extensive research, scientists have resolved a conundrum. Heterosexual men, they find, really like breasts. A lot.
The debate over impoundment — the President’s refusal to spend money appropriated by Congress — has become prominent in our ...
Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT could have saved tens of thousands of lives — if only we'd listened to the data back ...
Generative AI tools are joining the workforce, promising faster, smarter, and more efficient collaboration. A new preprint ...
Behind the polished facade of peer-reviewed journals lurks a growing epidemic of junk science — propped up by predatory ...
What happens when a teenager’s identity collides with a courtroom gavel? In the United States, gender-affirming care for ...
What do a billion chickens, mutating viruses, and politically correct poultry laws have in common? As I told Lars Larson ...