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How a Flawed Experiment “Proved” That Free Will Doesn’t Exist
It did no such thing—but the result has become conventional wisdom nevertheless
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Could Fruit Flies Reveal the Hidden Mechanisms of the Mind?
New understandings in neurobiology are emerging from experiments on Drosophila, raising hopes the tiny insect will aid insights into human cognition and dementia
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Long Live the Multiverse!
The idea that our universe is just part of a much vaster cosmos has a long history—and it’s still very much with us
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Can a Universal Basic Income Reduce Childhood Obesity?
Alaska’s experience suggests it can
We Deliver Vaccines to the World's Poorest, Hardest-to-Reach Children
The 2019 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award is a gratifying validation of the work we do at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Making Medicine More Compassionate
It’s crucial—and it’s teachable
The Closure of a Historic Hospital Is an Ominous Warning Sign
Hahnemann University Hospital has been serving Philadelphia’s poorest residents since 1848; its demise is a harbinger of worse to come
What Wolves in Yellowstone Can Teach Us about Probiotics
Your body, like the national park, is an ecosystem—and all ecosystems are not the same
New Clues to the Way We Metabolize Sugar
A gene that appeared sometime after humans began processing their food seems to protect some people from type 2 diabetes
Failure to Condemn: A Global Health Crisis Targeting Women Affects Us Here
Rep. Ilhan Omar missed an opportunity to call out the victimization of women and girls through female genital mutilation or cutting
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear about Stem Cells
The science is progressing rapidly, but bad actors have co-opted stem cells’ hope and promise by preying on unsuspecting patients and their families...
Health Professionals Should Work Together on Policy
The teamwork practiced in hospitals and clinics is needed on a larger scale
Are Hospitals Intentionally Hiding Prices?
Or are they just unprepared to deal with the transition to patients, rather than insurance companies, as the payer?
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