New York City’s nation-leading cigarette taxes have pushed pack prices into the $14 range—and pushed consumers into the black ...

On this episode of Science Dispatch, we take a look at the radiation oncology experience from the perspective of a patient (and radiation expert) who endured 28 mornings of this common but ...

There’s no shortage of spectacularly bad advice about dietary fat these days. None quite compares to the Soap Diet — a theory I involuntarily tested decades ago, courtesy of my mother. It's even worse ...

Constipation is often treated as a simple plumbing problem, too little movement, too much delay. But emerging research ...

Food has always carried meaning, but in contemporary nutrition culture, it is increasingly treated as a moral test. In the unqualified world of wellness and nutrition influencers, foods are no longer ...

Obviously, there was no era in which Americans were healthier than now, except in a romanticized imagination. Is there really ...

Hedy Lamarr’s legacy extends far beyond Hollywood glamour. Behind the screen persona was an inventive mind that helped ...

At a moment when ultra-processed foods, industrial agriculture, and food subsidies are under political siege, can a New York ...

How much of our lifespan is written in our genes, and how much is sitting on our plates? A new analysis suggests that while ...

I’ve reached the point in my life where my memory is slipping a bit. You know — getting on a bus with a movie ticket, finding my sneakers in the freezer, or driving on the left side of the road.

One of the universal challenges in human knowledge is translating what is deeply felt and implicitly understood into ...

Microplastics have become a hot topic in environmental science — and a reliable source of alarming headlines. A new study reports a nifty approach to removing them using genetically engineered ...