Two women in California are unhappy about phosphates and carrageenan in Costco’s rotisserie chicken. I’m fine with them—by ...

Whether it’s a chemist’s reckless sweet discovery, a reader’s ever-growing “tsundoku” pile, or scientists tracing the hidden patterns of superspreaders, curiosity turns accidents, habits, and outliers ...

On this episode of Science Dispatch, we dive into the latest Kīlauea eruption and the alarming chemistry behind the air ...

Red light therapy has gone from dermatology clinics to the wellness world, promising everything from younger-looking skin and ...

When health insurance becomes conditional and unaffordable, it doesn’t just disappear from balance sheets—it vanishes from ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims “petroleum-based chemicals” are inherently poisonous, but that’s chemically illiterate: ...

Statins have been blamed for everything short of causing bad hair days—especially by the alternative-medicine crowd, who ...

Raw milk has long been at the center of passionate debate, with public health concerns often clashing against emerging ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are often portrayed as sudden breakthroughs, but their roots extend back more than a ...

Most of the fat we carry is white adipose tissue, the body’s primary energy-storage system, designed to stockpile excess ...

If you’re confused about what you’re allowed to eat this week, don’t worry—you’re not alone. The rules change constantly and ...

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...