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Where to start here? The possibilities are endless. There is some real (and strange) medicine in this article as well as a treasure trove of chances to allow me to express my dominant juvenile humor allele. Let's start there.

Given the title, I was initially opposed to the thesis, but I must admit the author won me over.

“Without Aristotle’s Physics, there would have been no Galileo.” - Martin Heidegger

Every day, we make choices, often tradeoffs involving numbers, scores, or ratings. Countless websites ask us to quantify our experiences by using likes and stars.

If you're not perpetually online in the health space, you may have missed a scuff-up between several science communicators and followers of Vani Hari, aka The Food Babe.

My colleague Barbara Pfeffer Billauer and I wrote in August about recent Supreme Court decisions that produced sweeping chang

I suppose I should start by noting that I don’t frequent YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, or any other social media or video sites, although I do watch occasional funny videos sent to me by friends, family, and coworkers.

This week, I begin with a bit of shameless self-promotion. This week’s Atlantic has a great article by Rose Horowitch on how free tuition impacts medical school graduates.

With great sadness, I note the loss on October 5th of our longtime friend, Dr. Bruce Ames. ACSH’s Founder, Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, and Dr.