Almost exactly 5 years ago–before COVID was all over the place–I decided that it was OK to ride the NYC Subway. Some of us wore masks, some didn't, but everything seemed fine. Let's stroll down memory ...

What do elite Navy SEALS, world-class free-divers, and marine mammals have in common? They all push the limits of breath-hold endurance—yet only one group evolved with the right warning system to ...

Fear sells, and nothing grabs clicks an article with a dramatic headline warning readers to rethink every sip of possibly ...

RNAi -- functions specifically to silence, or deactivate, genes. Among other applications, it promises to be groundbreaking ...

Is sugar the new nicotine … or maybe just the current scapegoat for our collective confusion over what’s “healthy?” Science ...

A warm summer night, the hum of mosquitoes filling the air, and you, slathering on DEET, waving your arms like a windmill, ...

I joined Lars Larson to discuss a brutal flu season, the role of Tamiflu, and why universities are skimming millions off NIH ...

Suicide often happens in moments of impulse, when opportunity meets desperation. For decades, the Golden Gate Bridge has been ...

Gatorade claims its alkaline water will hydrate you into peak performance, but it's just pricey H2O bolstered by clever ...

St. Patrick’s Day has passed. If your liver is still functional (meaning you didn’t down too many Salty Dogs) and you're ...

Talking with Lars always brings me back to my days at the FDA, particularly regarding the tangled mess of biotechnology ...

Once upon a time, science communication was a niche hobby, reserved for the rare few who could translate lab jargon into ...