A new CNN story is based on a report by the Environmental Justice Foundation, which is about as scientific as its name sounds ...

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According to one recent cancer-risk methodology, living near Costco can be “associated” with thousands of cancer deaths — ...

Something strange and potentially frightening is going on at a Russian laboratory in Siberia. One or more scientists have ...

How many cookies are too many? A new meta-analysis links greater consumption of ultra-processed foods to several chronic ...

Daubert was meant to keep unreliable science out of the courtroom by making judges gatekeepers who ensure the reliability and relevance of expert testimony and the underlying research. A recent Second ...

Science is supposed to correct its own errors. In practice, distorted academic incentives often block that quality control.

From cancer and cannabis to perverse research incentives, we’ve been busy confronting nonsense. Here’s a roundup of recent ...

Thousands of people who die by suicide experience chronic pain before they end their lives. It's a tragedy I've seen up close, a stark reminder that suicide prevention must include patients living ...

Eighteen months ago, I asked whether anti-vaccine rhetoric and a retreat from infectious-disease preparedness might open the ...