I married a tall woman out of love, partly from genetic ambition. I figured we’d gift our kids a vertical advantage. It turns ...

A moment for our colleague, Cheryl Martin.

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

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.

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 ...

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, ...