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Is Ultraprocessed Food Really That Bad?
A Harvard professor challenges conventional wisdom.
Theory of the "Marathon Man"
You're watching the Boston Marathon, awestruck, as always, by the runners' strength, endurance, and determination. Mile after mile, the elite...
Stars, Bulls, and Bears
Picture an investor trying to decide which mutual fund will make the most of her retirement savings. As she reads prospectuses, the fine print...
Gravity's Riddle
Ever since the fabled apple fell before Isaac Newton, gravity has posed enigmas. Along with electromagnetism and the strong and weak forces that...
The Price of Slavery
Several high-profile lawsuits filed recently in this country are seeking redress for slavery and other racial wrongs, focusing national...
Censuring the Census
The 1890 U.S. census asked blacks to identify their status as "mulattoes," "quadroons," or "octoroons." Such...
Best Friend Bests Chimp
How domestication allows animals to communicate with humans
Testosterone Dips after Vows
Beer-guzzling frat boys, catcalling construction workers, and muscle-bound professional wrestlers who prance like peacocks in the ring are...
Far-out Sagittarian
An artist's rendering of OGLE-TR-56b and its star Illustration courtesy Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Five thousand light...
Jabber and Bael
In simpler times, Southerners ate Krispy Kremes and New Englanders ate Dunkin' Donuts. Texans wore cowboy hats and New Yorkers wore black...
Race, Sex, and Love
Tiger Woods, possibly the world's best-known athlete, resists being called a "black" golfer. He coined the term "Cablinasian" (Caucasian...