Jane Goodall’s Legacy of Challenging What It Means to Be a Scientist
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Is Tylenol Safe for Children? What Research Shows About Acetaminophen
President Trump blasted followers on his social media platform Truth Social on Friday with this dire warning: “Don’t give Tylenol to your young child for
Lab-Grown Organoids Could Transform Female Reproductive Medicine
In 2017, Ashley Moffett, a reproductive immunologist, walked to the pharmacy near her laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK, to buy a pregnancy test.
What Is Leucovorin, the Unproven Autism Drug Backed by Trump Officials?
According to Martin Makary, head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the drug leucovorin will help “hundreds of thousands of kids” with autism.
2025 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Research on Tipsy Bats and Pasta Physics
Many scientists dream of winning a Nobel Prize, an accolade that brings worldwide recognition, prestige and a place in the pantheon of greatness alongside the
New AI Tool Predicts Which of 1,000 Diseases Someone May Develop in 20 Years
September 18, 2025 3 min read New AI Tool Predicts Which of 1,000 Diseases Someone May Develop in 20 Years A large language model called
CDC Panel to Review Childhood Vaccines: What’s at Stake
Update: After this story was published, an updated draft agenda for the ACIP meeting was posted. According to the schedule, the committee will no longer
Measles Death Shows How Virus Can Hide in the Brain for Years
September 12, 2025 3 min read Child’s Death Shows How Measles in the Brain Can Kill Years after an Infection A child in Los Angeles
JWST Sees Hints of an Atmosphere on a Potentially Habitable Exoplanet
If we’ll ever find life outside our solar system, it will not be an instant discovery. Save for the slim possibility of an intelligent civilization
Scientists Sequence Bacterial DNA from Germs in Mammoth Teeth
September 6, 2025 3 min read A Mammoth Toothache: Bacterial Community Discovered in Mouth of Ancient Mammoth Genetic-sequencing techniques have identified microorganisms that lived in