Category: Science

After several days of rare solar activity, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) has issued a severe (G4) geomagnetic storm watch for this weekend. […]

Despite what Bruce Springsteen says in his hit song “Blinded By the Light,” looking into the “eyes of the sun” is no fun. According to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The blanket of orange haze currently surrounding New York and Philadelphia may soon dissipate – at least temporarily. When air quality improves on the East […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Monkeypox is now definitely more widespread than a few cases : New York, California, and Illinois are declaring emergencies , and the World Health Organization […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

The country is facing a shortage of infant formula , due in part to a massive recall of contaminated formula from one of our very […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]