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Is Ultraprocessed Food Really That Bad?
A Harvard professor challenges conventional wisdom.
The Party Line on Flab
If obesity were a symbol of success, the United States would be a boomtown on the frontier of flab. But excess fat isn't a measure of...
Body Fakes
Our nervous system sends us thousands, if not millions, of buzzing sensations each day. Fortunately, the brain lets us screen important sensory...
NO on a Summer's Eve
One knew, perhaps, that the gas nitric oxide (NO) is a constituent of automobile exhaust and a big player in the formation of smog, and is no...
Designed to Shop
Goetheno doubt inspired by European masterpiecesdescribed architecture as "frozen music." The Wal-Marts and Home Depots of...
Stealthy Attitudes
We like to believe we're fair-minded, democratic, unbigoted. Would it were so. In fact, we readily deceive ourselves about our prejudices...
Volatility Spikes
Investing in the stock market can seem like walking a tightrope above a financial chasm. But instead of balancing themselves against unforeseen...
Uptown to "Harlemworld"
In 1996, Blockbuster Video opened its first store in Harlem, on 125th Street. The outlet soon became the third-highest-grossing Blockbuster in...
A "Sponge" for Light
Sometimes the most exciting scientific discoveries are made almost by accident. Researchers in the laboratory of Eric Mazur, McKay professor of...
Fat Goes Down (with) the Tubes
Orders roll in from unseen commanders and throngs of troops shuffle to work. They tear apart tubes, unclamp hoses, snap sinewy support lines...
Language Wars
Lest you take these English words for granted, consider this: when the United States was founded, only 40 percent of the people living within...