Health and Science
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Bad Astronomy
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The Mouse Trap
The dangers of using one lab animal to study every disease.
By Daniel Engber
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The Memory Doctor
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The Rosslyn Code
The real mystery lurking in the chapel where Dan Brown set The Da Vinci Code.
By Chris Wilson
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Blogging the Human Genome
Weird, wonderful stories about each of your 23 chromosomes.
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Blogging the Periodic Table
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Why Do So Many People Think They Need Gluten-Free Foods?
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What Ever Happened to Quicksand?
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Revolting Creatures
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Just Hold Me
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Future Tense
The citizen's guide to the future, from Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State.
MOST RECENT STORIES
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What’s the Matter With Portland?
The city has been fighting fluoridation for 50 years. Will facts trump fear this month?
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The DSM-5 Is Not Crazy
Psychiatry’s new diagnoses of picking, bingeing, and tantrums sound silly, but they’re useful for me and my patients.
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Washington Is Outdoing California and Texas in Renewable Energy
Renewable-energy consumption by state.
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How to Superpower the Immune System
New strategies for fighting disease in newborns, the elderly, and cancer patients.
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Escape Plans
Why do we need a space program? Because Earth isn’t going to be a safe place in the long term.
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Does Your Insect Repellent Repel Insects?
“EPA-approved” does not necessarily mean your bug juice works.
