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The Wisdom of Knowing What You Don't Know Aug. 01, 2025
"We no longer live in a world of fact-based decisions but of decision-based facts." Attributed to No... Read More
The Internet Nation Jun. 26, 2024
The baby boom generation — born in the years from 1946 through 1964 — grew up without ce... Read More
The People You Meet, the Books You Read Mar. 13, 2024
The late humorist and master of salesmanship, Charlie "Tremendous" Jones, said one of my favorite qu... Read More
Rounding Out Black History Month With National Geographic's 'Genius: MLK/X' Anthology Mar. 01, 2024
For the past two years, students in my Black history Sports Icons course have watched Regina King's ... Read More
Life Is a Marathon Mar. 22, 2023
But extending it might just involve short bursts of activity. A recent study found that brief bouts ... Read More
We All Speak Baby Talk Oct. 26, 2022
After analyzing 1,600 samples of speech and song from 21 societies on six continents, researchers ha... Read More
Pill Posture Sep. 21, 2022
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University report that standing or sitting tall helps accelerate absorp... Read More
Big Bacteria News Aug. 24, 2022
Most bacteria are tiny. You could fit thousands of them on the period at the end of this sentence. B... Read More
For Men Only Aug. 17, 2022
Doctors are increasingly using the repurposed drug tadalafil to prevent heart complications in peopl... Read More
Monkeypox by Another Name Aug. 10, 2022
There's a push by scientists in Africa and elsewhere to rename the virus that causes monkeypox becau... Read More
Ring in the Baby Jul. 27, 2022
A small study found that the Oura Ring, which contains sensors to monitor body temperature, appears ... Read More
Sunshine in a Tomato Jul. 20, 2022
Remember the Flavr Savr tomato in the 1980s, the first commercially grown, genetically engineered fo... Read More
Stiff Arteries Jul. 06, 2022
High blood pressure is a well-known risk factor for developing Type 2 diabetes, an affliction that a... Read More
Wildfires and Cancer Jun. 29, 2022
Researchers tracked more than 2 million Canadians over a period of 20 years to determine how proximi... Read More
Aspirin and Heart Disease Jun. 15, 2022
Many adults take a low-dose aspirin daily, believing that it can help prevent a heart attack or stro... Read More
Hypertension During Pregnancy Jun. 08, 2022
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, during pregnancy is a growing problem, one that affects twice ... Read More
What Is Killing Our Children? Jun. 01, 2022
Historically, motor vehicle accidents have been the leading cause of death and injury among children... Read More
I Heart Water May. 25, 2022
Too much salt intake is bad for the heart, resulting in enlargement and thickening of the organ and ... Read More
Gulp: Alcohol May Not Be Good for Your Heart May. 18, 2022
The so-called French paradox suggests that light consumption of alcohol (typically in the form of wi... Read More
Down in Smoke May. 11, 2022
Overall tobacco use among U.S. adults is in decline, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Pre... Read More
