Book Review: ‘A Body Made of Glass,’ by Caroline Crampton
Caroline Crampton shares her own worries in “A Body Made of Glass,” a history of hypochondria that wonders whether newfangled…
‘I have a 50:50 chance of developing Alzheimer’s in my 50s’
Published45 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Jennings familyBy Lucy WallisBBC NewsWhen John Jennings' mother started showing signs of…
How the NHS has run out of jobs for new doctors
Published50 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EmmaBy Nick TriggleHealth correspondentThe NHS needs more doctors, and this year saw…
Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.
New research finds that the death rate among Black youths soared by 37 percent, and among Native American youths by…
Tesla Pullback Puts Onus on Others to Build Electric Vehicle Chargers
The automaker led by Elon Musk is no longer planning to take the lead in expanding the number of places…
Should You Exercise in the Morning or the Evening?
It’s an age-old question. But a few recent studies have brought us closer to an answer.What is the best time…
Here Come a Trillion Cicadas. The Midwest is Abuzz.
As the third graders of Cumberland Elementary in the Chicago suburbs colored, clipped and glued paper to make cicadas with…
Was the Stone Age Really the Wood Age?
Neanderthals were even better craftsmen than thought, a new analysis of 300,000-year-old wooden tools has revealed.In 1836, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen,…
Final Arguments in Google Antitrust Trial Conclude, Setting Up Landmark Ruling
Judge Amit P. Mehta must now decide whether Google violated the law, potentially setting a precedent for a series of…
New Mutations Identified in Bird Flu Virus
A genetic analysis sheds light on when the outbreak began, how the virus spread and where it may be going.The…