Science & Medicine

Recently, in response Johann Hari’s article on drug addiction for the Huffington Post, my friend and I got into a discussion about how scientists choose specific research methods in addictive disorders. The...

The FDA’s current categorization of dietary supplements as food products comes with high risks, allowing supplements to escape required safety and efficacy studies.

At a whopping near-600 pages, American Prometheus may seem daunting, but don't let the page count dissuade you from jumping in. This is an engaging read, spanning decades of time and touching on a set of important and fascinating people. Ever wanted to get things done but felt they were too boring to do? Ever wish you had a more glamorous job, like maybe being an astronaut? Chris Hadfield, the social media savvy Canadian astronaut, details how even astronauts have to sweat the small stuff in his autobiography An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth.

Can We Change the Way We Perceive and Process Pain?

Two years ago, I wanted to reduce the amount of material being thrown into disposal bins at the end of operative procedures at my institution’s hospital. After I spoke with all the parties involved—supply...

By and large, academic science incentivizes researchers to "self-promote" in order to receive funding. In recent years, major journals like Science and Nature have written about how pressure on academic labs...

When healing is the target Illness is the bow. What is a bow but a device for the transfer of energy? Likewise an illness. — Haven Trevino Soon after Steve Johnson moved from Brooklyn to Beaufort,...