Health and Nutrition
Two decades of U.S. data challenge an evolutionary explanation for the gender-equality paradox
Evolutionary psychologists have often argued that richer, more egalitarian societies amplify innate differences between men and women. However, two decades-long studies of America…
Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for corn gado gado | Quick and easy
A great way to pack in your vegetables, while adding pops of colour to your rotation of mealsI am still making large, nourishing and vibrant salads, with gado gado being one of my…
Crime videos push liberal voters toward stricter laws but not the political right
Watching footage of local retail crime prompted liberal voters to adopt stricter, more conservative criminal justice policies. However, a recent psychological experiment reveals t…
Celebrity admiration is linked to submission to authority, study finds
While celebrities often champion liberal causes, their biggest fans might lean another way. New research indicates that intense celebrity admiration is consistently linked to trad…
2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for brain research tool called optogenetics
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel are the joint recipients of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion chann…
Shortages of crucial HIV medicines due to aid cuts are a ‘warning’, say experts
More than half of organisations providing HIV care surveyed by International Planned Parenthood Federation said they had run out of stock at some point during past 12 monthsAid cu…
Republicans and Democrats find a unifying target: Pharmacy benefit managers
Republicans and Democrats, both patients and politicians, seem united in their disdain for the healthcare companies known as pharmacy benefit managers. Tennessee and Arkansas are …
From floating saunas to clinical trials: How heat might help mental health
While scientists have a decent understanding of how sauna and other forms of heat exposure exercises our cardiovascular system, they know relatively little about its impact on men…
Opinion: Energy drinks’ new college sports partnerships make them more dangerous than ever
“In the absence of population-based evidence, the energy drink cabal is having an easy time of it,” writes Kent Sepkowitz.
Hospital and pharmaceutical prices are smothering America’s businesses
Workers and employers are drowning in their health insurance premiums. The reason for that deluge: the health care industry’s high and inscrutable prices.
STAT+: Divergent trial results on cancer vaccines have the field grappling with hard questions
A melanoma vaccine succeeded in a late-stage clinical trial. The question now is whether other cancer vaccines will work — and whether mRNA is up to the task.
Opinion: Will Claude ever win a Nobel Prize for medicine?
“Are we entering a world in which some (or all) Nobels will be awarded to Claude, ChatGPT, or their AI successors, rather than human scientists?” asks Jeffrey Flier.
STAT+: Are stem cells the next peptides? These advocates think RFK Jr. could make it happen
Peptides gained legitimacy at the FDA after being embraced by MAHA. Advocates hope stem cell treatments will follow the same path.
Nik Sharma’s recipes for spiced French onion soup and Indian-style Turkish eggs
A spice-rich twist on a classic soup, and poached eggs with garlic yoghurt and green chutneyWhile purists might scoff and find the combination of spices in my French onion soup a …
What does marathon training do to your body? A reporter becomes the test subject
Before running the New York City Marathon, NPR's Elissa Nadworny gets a bone scan, blood work and a treadmill test to settle a question from Mom: Is this bad for my body?
Early neglect may disrupt how the brain fine-tunes itself during adolescence
Children who spent their earliest years in Romanian orphanages showed lasting differences in how their brain activity matured through adolescence, a long-running study finds. Thes…
Republican-aligned actors issued nearly three-quarters of fact-checked 2024 election hoaxes
During the 2024 U.S. presidential election, politicians and anonymous users openly used disinformation as a campaign strategy. A new study reveals who spread these hoaxes, how the…
Good palliative care and assisted dying can go hand in hand | Letters
Readers respond to an article on the urgent need for palliative care reformJane Turner is right that end-of‑life care needs fixing (MPs, you told us clearly that end-of-life care …
Trump announces $90 payments for seniors’ Medicare premium costs ahead of midterm elections
President Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections — this time for seniors' Medicare Part B premiums
Problematic pornography use is linked to craving, shame, depression, and loneliness, meta-analysis finds
A meta-analysis of 121,728 participants finds that problematic pornography use is most strongly linked to craving and sexual shame, with smaller links to depression and loneliness…
Women and underrepresented minorities have higher tenure-track placement rates in the political science job market
What actually lands a PhD student a tenure-track professorship? A new study suggests a candidate's publication record, research field, and demographic identity are much stronger p…
Medicare for All remains key pressure point for Democrats ahead of midterms
The idea of universal health coverage in the US is embraced by party’s left but is often considered a liability by centristsLast week, 1,500 unionized nurses gathered in a large c…
New study links sexual objectification at home to young women’s difficulty saying no to unwanted sex
New research suggests that young women who received objectifying messages from their families growing up are more likely to view themselves as objects, a mindset linked to difficu…
Virtual reality can induce mystical experiences, new study suggests
Virtual reality headsets might offer a reliable way to induce profound feelings of unity and awe typically associated with deep spiritual practices or psychedelics, providing rese…