Do the Government’s Biomedical Initiatives Ever Lead to Medical Progress?
Over time, sure, but in the immediate future, social science will play a bigger role in any large-scale improvements to human health.
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The Small Sample Size of Humanity
Comparisons to machines and information processors hide what's most fascinating about the human body: its underlying randomness.
How Big Data Is Changing Science (and Society)
If a world that relies on cause and effect gets rid of the cause, what happens?
The Genetics of Global Warming
As climates continue to change, so does the DNA of the species around us.
In Praise of Younger Men
Rather than menopause preventing older women from reproducing, a new study suggests it's the other way around, that a lack of reproduction—caused by a male preference for younger mates—led to the development of menopause.
Could Family Longevity Protect Against Dementia?
New research shows that if your parents lived longer lives than those in their peer group your risk of cognitive impairment is reduced.
How Are They Hanging?
We all know scrotal testicles evolved to keep sperm cooler than the rest of the body, but evolutionary psychology's activation hypothesis explains so much more.
Today in Research Video: Last Tango in Paris as Performed by Praying Mantises
This stunning video of a praying mantis making a meal of another praying mantis, linked to yesterday in…