With the Trump administration politicizing expertise, a growing wave of doctors, health professionals, and even math teachers are turning to politics. To Dr. Richard Pan, a California-based ...

The author -- a retired physician -- says the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding FDA regulation of the abortion pill mifepristone was a rare and welcome example of science and facts driving ...

Science is amazing, fascinating, and, if we’re being honest, sometimes absolutely terrifying. While we usually hear about cool breakthroughs and feel-good discoveries, there’s a darker side of science ...

Talk about a bizarre feature of the human body: If you happened to swallow a razor blade, your stomach acid would dissolve it. Acids are ranked on a scale from zero to 14—the lower the pH level, the ...

We’re often told to “follow the science” — a comforting phrase that suggests clarity, objectivity, and consensus. But in today’s hyperpolarized world, even science itself has become a political ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. America is in the midst of an epistemological crisis, one most visible and ...

On September 30, 2025, experts from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute (AJDAI) at the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health held an important and timely conversation addressing urgent questions raised ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

We all, at least barring homeschooling or a strange, feral wolf-boy situation, learn science and math growing up. But apparently, some people choose to actually store that knowledge, instead of ...