Aspirin shortages in the UK have left some patients wondering what to do if they can’t find it at the pharmacy. If someone turns to an old bottle in the medicine cabinet and notices a faint vinegar ...

It‘s tragic when a parent or guardian is falsely blamed for a child’s injuries. While any miscarriage of justice is disconcerting, erroneous convictions in child abuse cases can be catastrophic. Not ...

While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to ...

Non-sugar sweeteners are neither miracle cures for obesity nor hidden health threats. Recent evidence shows they can modestly ...

The Kilauea volcano, in Hawaii, has been acting up lately, and all kinds of nasty stuff is pouring out of it. But perhaps the ...

As our tools get faster and smarter, what happens to the slower, human ways of knowing, reading closely, listening deeply, ...

National Pie Day is here, which is strange because pie needs no holiday—it’s already the undisputed champion of foods. Still, if society insists, we might as well use the occasion to study pie’s rich ...

A new social-science paper delivers a surprisingly unsettling result: give dozens of expert teams the same data and the same ...

In a world where nutrition headlines swing wildly from fear to hype, even cheese can suddenly become a “brain-boosting” ...

Imagine a world where your pill could actually tell your doctor: “Yes, I’ve been taken.” That’s no longer science fiction.

Despite years of scientific consensus debunking the "Blood Type Diet," the D’Adamo family has successfully transformed a ...