What We Learned in 2018: Science
It’s not easy to say that any particular scientific development was the most important in a given year. But if we had to...
Juul Reaches Deal with Tobacco Giant Altria
The tobacco giant Altria has agreed to pay nearly $13 billion for a 35 percent stake in Juul Labs, the wildly popular vaping...
Don’t Rinse the Bird. A Myth to Dispel Before the Holidays.
Rinsing chicken or turkey before cooking it is an ingrained step for many home cooks, passed down through generations and reinforced by cookbooks....
‘Spirits Won’t Rest’: DNA Links Ancient Bones to Living Aboriginal Australians
In the 1800s, thousands of Aboriginal Australians were the victims of a terrible trade in the name of science. Anatomists opened their graves...
The Bullet Lodged in His Knee. Then the Injuries Really Began.
The 46-year-old man showed up at hospital emergency room in Chicago, complaining that his left knee hurt. The X-rays above showed why. Fourteen...
Juul May Get Billions in Deal With One of World’s Largest...
E-cigarette maker Juul, which has vowed to make cigarettes obsolete, is near to inking a deal to become business partners with Altria, one...
Top Cancer Doctor Resigns as Editor of Medical Journal
This article was reported and written in collaboration with ProPublica, the nonprofit journalism organization.Dr. José Baselga, the former chief medical officer of Memorial...
More Pets, Fewer Allergies – The New York Times
ImageChildren who live with cats and dogs when they are infants are less likely to develop allergies later in childhood — and...
The Hospital’s Gift of Downtime
We know from decades of research that there’s nothing more important than nurturing our relationships for long-term health and happiness. We’re also beginning...
How Exercise May Make Us Healthier
People who exercise have different proteins moving through their bloodstreams than people who do not, according to an interesting new study of the...