“Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each Day”

“Generally it’s assumed these viruses originate on the planet and are swept upward, but some researchers theorize that viruses actually may originate in the atmosphere. (There is a small group of researchers who believe…

“Laziness Does Not Exist”

“when I see a student failing to complete assignments, missing deadlines, or not delivering results in other aspects of their life, I’m moved to ask: what are the situational factors holding this student back? What needs are currently not being met? And, when it comes to behavioral…

“Frederick Douglass’s Fight Against Scientific Racism”

“That statement was part of a lecture in which he attacked one of the most prominent scientific fields of the antebellum era: ethnology, or what was sometimes called “the science of race.” Though often dismissed today as pseudoscience…

“Why Did Sterile Salt Water Become The IV Fluid Of Choice?”

“For such a ubiquitous treatment, you’d probably expect that saline has been thoroughly studied and refined. As it turns out, that was never really the case at all. Now there’s a rethinking about whether saline is really the…

“The phrase ‘necessary and sufficient’ blamed for flawed neuroscience”

“The logic of the term is at the heart of the dispute. It’s too often used as shorthand to mean ‘linked to’ or ‘important for’, the authors say. And this sloppy use, they argue, can lead scientists in the…

“The other side of the opioid epidemic — we’re people in severe pain”

“Opioids fill the news with a steady stream of stories of lives lost from overdose and abuse. What we rarely hear is the other side — opioids are also the most powerful pain medication we have. For me, they…

“What’s Wrong with Me?”

“The doctor told me to take a replacement thyroid hormone and check back in six weeks. By then, I would be feeling better. This was the way medicine worked: tests told you what was wrong, and doctors told you how to fix it.

But I didn’t feel better in six…

“Of Evolution, Culture, and the Obstetrical Dilemma”

“The assumption that “women are compromised bipedally in order to give birth,” is widely accepted says anthropologist Holly Dunsworth of the University of Rhode Island. But Dunsworth sees flaws in this premise. Women already have a range…