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Popular Health Claims, Such as a Woman’s Fertility Dropping at Age 30, Are Wildly Overblown

Why do fitness device makers claim you need to take 10,000 steps every day? Do you also really need to…

3 years ago

Military Action in Chernobyl Could be Dangerous for People and the Environment

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The site of…

3 years ago

Science News Briefs from around the World: March 2022

Credit: NASAAdvertisement MEXICO Small freshwater fish called sulfur mollies synchronously splash their tails to create waves, and scientists have now…

3 years ago

Mathematicians Protest Russia Hosting Major Conference

As Ukrainian researchers have feared for their lives and careers after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, mathematicians have been grappling over…

3 years ago

COVID Has Made Global Inequality Much Worse

The coronavirus exposed and exacerbated the fragility and inequity of the global economic system. Many countries, including the U.S., proved…

3 years ago

What Is a Vaccinated Person’s Risk of Dying from COVID?

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Thankfully, most people…

3 years ago

Why Anti-Trans Laws Are Anti-Science

Editor’s Note (2/24/22): Last week Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to investigate gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth as “child abuse.”…

3 years ago

Shoddy Harassment Investigations Are a Stain to Academia

“This is a case about Harvard’s decade-long failure to protect students from sexual abuse and career-ending retaliation.” That is the…

3 years ago

Two Scientists Will Replace U.S. Science Adviser Eric Lander

US President Joe Biden has replaced his disgraced science adviser, Eric Lander, with two scientists who will split Lander’s duties…

3 years ago

EPA Is Preparing to Reinstate California’s Authority to Set More Stringent Car Emissions Rules

The Biden administration is preparing to reinstate California’s authority to set auto emissions rules that are more stringent than federal…

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