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The Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) has been an annual event since the early 20th century. In response to declining bird populations in […]
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The Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) has been an annual event since the early 20th century. In response to declining bird populations in […]
Continue reading »For most people who get RSV, it may just be a cold, but for babies, it can be life-threatening . Fortunately, we now have immunizations […]
Continue reading »Leprosy is probably best known as the disease that made people “unclean” in biblical times, so it might come as a surprise that the CDC […]
Continue reading »The blanket of orange haze currently surrounding New York and Philadelphia may soon dissipate – at least temporarily. When air quality improves on the East […]
Continue reading »We get sunlight every day, but some days the UV rays are stronger than others. You know this intuitively if you’re prone to sunburn: you […]
Continue reading »There’s some good news in the American Lung Association’s State of the Air report: Only 36% of us live in places that get an F […]
Continue reading »Before you sit down to study or start working on a big project, you might consider hitting the gym or taking a brisk walk. In […]
Continue reading »I am writing this article while under the influence of what TikTokers calls “audio torture”. There are many versions of the anguished sound to choose […]
Continue reading »The World Health Organization recently met to discuss the Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea in Africa. The virus is associated with Ebola and has […]
Continue reading »Gas stoves are the latest innocuous item to become a symbol of the culture war due to rumors that they might be banned at some […]
Continue reading »Stronger is better, right? Concentrated dishwashing detergent degreases better. Stronger rum will get you drunk faster. You even scoop ice cream from the part of […]
Continue reading »Have you ever gone on a group hike where you all forgot to pack your bug repellant, or perhaps had a backyard barbecue where the […]
Continue reading »Ready to read something truly terrifying, based on real stories of people who have experienced unimaginable pain and suffering? No, I’m not going to recommend […]
Continue reading »Thanks to science, we know many things that our ancestors did not know. For example, how diseases spread, and why continents are shaped like that, […]
Continue reading »Since I’m a weightlifter, I understand strength, and I expose viral bullshit, of course I found out about this challenge when a friend sent me […]
Continue reading »Recent studies have shown that eating at night can lead to weight gain, so how late can you eat? And while we’re asking questions, do […]
Continue reading »The CDC recently issued an alert to healthcare professionals about enterovirus D68, which has been found in children hospitalized with severe respiratory illness. This virus […]
Continue reading »The FDA doesn’t want you to cook chicken in NyQuil. In fact, no one wants to cook chicken in NyQuil – that’s the whole point. […]
Continue reading »Eleven years ago, we published a brief account of a bizarre trick: Turning on a baby bubble machine is said to repel mosquitoes. And this […]
Continue reading »West Nile virus has been detected in a record number of mosquitoes in the New York area, with at least two cases reported in humans. […]
Continue reading »If you’re worried about COVID-19, it’s easy to make sure you’re up to date with your vaccine and boosters. If you are concerned about polio […]
Continue reading »Monkeypox is now definitely more widespread than a few cases : New York, California, and Illinois are declaring emergencies , and the World Health Organization […]
Continue reading »Polio has been nearly wiped out worldwide, but now, for the first time in nine years, a case has been reported in the US . […]
Continue reading »Parechovirus is not a new virus, but it is the subject of a recent CDC health alert due to a possible spike in infant cases. […]
Continue reading »Some scientific ideas are complex and we only learn about them in school when we are old enough to understand the details. Others seem simple—things […]
Continue reading »I recently replaced my kitchen scale. The new one has all the features I was looking for – negative tare is a big upgrade. But […]
Continue reading »Monkeypox is already here, and it’s spreading. The couple dozen cases in several countries that we told you about last month have now surpassed 1,000 […]
Continue reading »The number of ticks and tick-borne diseases has been on the rise for many years . While we usually think of Lyme disease when we […]
Continue reading »Smallpox is the only disease we have been able to completely eradicate from the people; it has not existed anywhere in the world since 1980. […]
Continue reading »We’re approaching sunscreen season, and when we open those fresh bottles (or peel the wraps off those aerosol cans), there’s a bunch of sunscreen myths […]
Continue reading »The country is facing a shortage of infant formula , due in part to a massive recall of contaminated formula from one of our very […]
Continue reading »There are two types of people in the world. The type who mindlessly stores his toothbrushes out in the open, in the same bathroom as […]
Continue reading »Non-stick pans are a useful item in the kitchen. Our Senior Food and Beverage Editor Claire Lower won’t make a light egg or thin pancake […]
Continue reading »If you’re trying to gain social media exposure, it’s hard to do so by telling people what they already know to be the truth. Instead, […]
Continue reading »I have always cooked on gas stoves. I grew up in a house with a gas stove, I have one in my current house, and […]
Continue reading »Hangover cures simply do not exist. Every supposed drug circulating around is just something to occupy your mind or stomach while your body finishes metabolizing […]
Continue reading »The science of exercise has evolved over time, and we now know that a lot of what people used to say about fitness is actually […]
Continue reading »A recent article in a journal called Medical Hypotheses argued that maybe we shouldn’t wear masks. He cites the results of a summer study conducted […]
Continue reading »Every time I see a compelling ad for a new health or fitness product, or hear about a teasing trend, I have to admit that […]
Continue reading »Deepfakes are videos in which one person’s face is glued to another’s body, making the first person look like they are saying or doing something […]
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