Debunking misinformation is a big business. For every health "influencer" selling a supplement on Instagram, there's probably ...

We tend to regard chronic disease as the cumulative consequence of choices made over decades. However, a study of an ...

From celery juice and carnivore diets to gluten avoidance and "proteinmaxxing," nutritional advice has become a bewildering ...

A new study helps clarify the weight-loss impact of diet drinks and dispel a popular myth about artificial sweeteners. As it ...

Pesticides are designed to kill insects, fungi, and weeds. So, it is reasonable to wonder whether they can harm us as well.

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 ...

She was told she was chasing the impossible. She persisted through poverty, skepticism, and 25,000 failed attempts. In the ...

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

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

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

From the hidden institutional pressures ruining scientific integrity to the alarming public health signals behind rising ...