“Panel Says Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is A Disease, And Renames It”

“The mysterious and complicated illness that has been called chronic fatigue syndrome has a new definition and a new name: systemic exertion intolerance disorder, or SEID for short…The condition, which can render…

“The Strange Inevitability of Evolution”

“Natural selection supplies an incredibly powerful way of pruning variation into…

“Sex redefined”

“Sex can be much more complicated than it at first seems. According to the simple scenario, the presence or absence of a Y…

“The Untold History of Women in Science and Technology”

“Listen to women from across the Administration tell the stories of their personal heroes across the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Share them yourself. Add your own. And honor their legacy in the best…

“Mirror Touch”

“MILLER: This condition is called mirror-touch synesthesia.

BANISSY: Mirror-touch synesthesia.

MILLER: ‘Cause, you know, synesthesia is when your senses get crossed. And here, their touch system is crossed with their visual system.

“Vilifying Parents Who Don’t Vaccinate Their Kids Is Counterproductive”

“Calling people trying to protect their kids selfish and irrational is tantamount to saying “I don’t care how you feel. Your feelings are wrong. You should feel the way I feel.” One need not be an expert in…

“Can DNA Nanobots Successfully Treat Cancer Patients? First Human Trial Soon”

“Blood of world’s oldest woman hints at limits of life”

“What they found suggests, as we could perhaps expect, that our lifespan might ultimately be limited by the capacity for stem cells to keep replenishing tissues day in day out. Once the stem cells reach a state of exhaustion that…