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Americans Aren't Reassured By a President Who Prefers His 'Gut' Over Science Mar. 11, 2020
At the heart of the effort to fight the coronavirus epidemic is science. At the heart of President D... Read More
Shielding Against Brain Trauma Needs To Be a Societal Goal Feb. 28, 2020
I'm just guessing, but I imagine it would be hard to find a top expert in health or science who woul... Read More
Thoughts on Traumatic Brain Injury Jan. 31, 2020
In October 2006, some 30 hours after departing Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., I stepped... Read More
Don't Lose Sleep Over This Dec. 11, 2019
It's long been known that sleep deprivation adversely affects cognitive function; we just don't seem... Read More
Do We Grow From Tragedy? Nov. 22, 2019
It seems that every year around the holidays, numerous stories appear in the media of people skirtin... Read More
Scientists: Dishonest or Afraid? Nov. 20, 2019
The absolute worst case of professional incompetence and dishonesty is in the area of climate scienc... Read More
Climate Myths Nov. 20, 2019
"How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood!" insisted teenage climate activist Greta ... Read More
Once Upon A Crime Nov. 19, 2019
I've been with my boyfriend for nine years, and I'm still pissed off about stuff from like five year... Read More
Pregnant Pause Nov. 13, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control reports that a large number of pregnant women are not getting two cr... Read More
Rising Seas From Warming Will Imperil Millions More Than Earlier Predicted Nov. 12, 2019
A new study finds that previous estimates of the impact of rising sea levels on coastal communities ... Read More
Smoking Out Users Nov. 06, 2019
A large national survey, taken from 2016 to 2017 and published in JAMA, reports that people with ast... Read More
Painful Muscle Memory Oct. 30, 2019
Aricept, a drug commonly prescribed to manage cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients, may be asso... Read More
Wasn't a $4.4 Trillion Federal Government Big Enough? Oct. 30, 2019
The leaders of both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the U.S. Senate proved again th... Read More
The Rid Carpet Oct. 29, 2019
I'm a 30-something gay guy. When I moved to a new city five years ago, I knew nobody except two fem... Read More
Knock-Knock Oct. 23, 2019
The Peace Corps is famously all about young men and woman venturing to distant locales, bringing wit... Read More
If You Share Your DNA, Should You Expect Privacy? Oct. 19, 2019
Imagine a day when hardly anyone is able to get away with murder. Think about that. If there were a ... Read More
Social Media and Girls Oct. 09, 2019
A study of nearly 10,000 teens in the United Kingdom found that more than 25% of girls who used soci... Read More
Planting the Idea Oct. 02, 2019
You know this, but it bears repeating: A diet rich in plant-based foods may be better for heart heal... Read More
Friend Over Backward Oct. 01, 2019
A friend agreed to dogsit while I flew up to visit my ailing dad. She bailed at 7 p.m. the night be... Read More
No Fan of Heat Sep. 25, 2019
When temperatures rise, it seems like a no-brainer to reach over and flick on an electric fan. But i... Read More
