We’ve all done it: we dip the chip, we take a bite of the chip, and we dip again— just like George Constanza in the beloved Seinfeld. But is it an ick factor, or a risk factor? The science has spoken.

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Carrie Buck was raped, labeled an “imbecile,” and sterilized by order of the state—all in the name of genetic progress. That ...

Mosquito season is returning to the Northeast, and with it comes not only a surge in buzzing pests but also perennial debates ...

How many statistical estimates does it take to build a house of cards? Just one—if you're willing to decorate it with ...

The policy, which creates a bifurcated system for testing vaccines in supposedly low- and high-risk populations, serves ...

The White House’s MAHA Commission has finally unveiled its analysis of America’s childhood-disease crisis. The report is ...

Summer’s almost here, and that means nuisances: mosquitoes, poison ivy, and visiting relatives. Two cause itching, one causes ...

By now, you’ve probably heard that seed oils are the nutritional villain du jour. A recent study takes a more measured, science-forward look at omega-6 fats, asking whether they might actually play a ...

From oceans in motion to jobs in migration, from intelligence nuance to vaccine defiance—this week’s reads navigate ...

Once upon a pandemic, Ivermectin was the controversial darling of DIY medicine — hailed as a miracle by some, horse-dewormer ...

While sleep is universally acknowledged as vital to health, how much we should and do sleep depends heavily on culture, ...