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Processed Red Meat Is Linked to a Higher Risk of Dementia
Processed red meats—like bacon, deli meats, and hot dogs—are linked to a host of health ills. Now, the latest study finds that eating too much red meat may even...
The FDA Wants to Make Cigarettes Nonaddictive
WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates that is...
Experts Want Obesity Defined Beyond BMI
Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most ubiquitous yet controversial metrics in medicine. A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose...
Kate Middleton’s Cancer Remission Explained
After announcing in March 2024 that she had been diagnosed with cancer, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, has again spoken out about her illness—this time, with good news. “It...
Boar’s Head Plants Struggled with Insects and Slime, Records Show
Government inspectors documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar's Head deli meat plants, not just the factory that was shut down last year after a deadly outbreak of listeria poisoning, federal records show.Newly...
The Best Ways to Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke
The Los Angeles wildfires have killed at least two dozen people and decimated thousands of structures. Yet even in areas that aren’t burning, plumes of smoke remain a serious...
What Have We Learned From Intentionally Infecting People With Covid-19?
The world’s first Covid-19 human challenge study was born in early 2021. Sorbetto via Getty Images When the Covid-19 pandemic first struck, Christopher Chiu and other researchers wondered: Should...
Inside One Scientist’s Quest to Understand Why Climate Change Is Making Europe’s Highest Peak More Dangerous
In July 2020, a young female climber was trapped in a vicious rockfall in the “Corridor of Death” on Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak. The Estonian woman was pinned...
Marlon Brando Wanted to Build a ‘University of the Sea.’ These Scientists Are Bringing the Late Actor’s Vision to Life
Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent The first time Marlon Brando saw Tetiaroa in the early 1960s, all he could make out was a “slender pencil of land” on the horizon...
They’re Adorable. And Endangered. Meet the World’s Smallest Monkey: the Pygmy Marmoset
Photographs by Neil Ever Osborne Text by Jessica Camille Aguirre It was after midnight in Quito when Stella de la Torre came for me, waiting under a streetlamp next...
