A corollary to the scientific truism that "nature abhors a vacuum" is that nature tends to fill the void with any garbage near at hand. For example, consider the surge of interest in the claim that ...

Benjamin Franklin was wrong, or at least premature, when he wrote in 1789 that nothing is certain in this world "except death and taxes." Were he writing today, he would have to add to this sacred duo ...

Medical staff help a patient walk into the hospital in Wuhan, China, in January 2020 as the pandemic was beginning. (Barcroft Media via Getty Images) A new peer-reviewed research paper points to the ...

Like many of my Northeast neighbors here in the U.S., I look forward to the warmth of the summer months during the cold and snowy winters. But as a physician and scientific researcher, I also view ...