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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Another Name for the Bermuda Triangle: The Ocean
Ships disappear everywhere, not just in the western North Atlantic Ocean.
The Small Sample Size of Humanity
Comparisons to machines and information processors hide what's most fascinating about the human body: its underlying randomness.
Do We Need to Be Protected From Our Genomes?
Despite the FDA's recent ban on 23andMe's personal genome analysis, we still don't know how best to regulate personal genome information.
The Emotions That Prosecutors Elicit to Make Jurors Vote Guilty
Jurors experiencing “moral outrage” will be more likely to convict, and changes in technology are making this a bigger factor.
When Crime Labs Go Criminal
Annie Dookhan, the forensic scientist sent to prison last week for falsifying evidence, is just the tip of the iceberg.
The Silly Science of Near-Death Experiences
There's no way to prove whether or not someone's had an out of body experience, but that hasn't stopped scientists from trying to study the phenomenon.
How Big Data Is Changing Science (and Society)
If a world that relies on cause and effect gets rid of the cause, what happens?
Why an Invisible Gorilla Is a Security Threat
On “inattentional blindness” in security guards, and what to do about it.