We can have growth while fighting climate change
Climate stories usually start the same way: fire, flood, loss, collapse. The charts are grim. The vibes are…
US adult obesity rate drops as GLP-1 weight-loss drugs surge
For years, obesity rates in the US have gone in one direction: up. From the first year it…
What did cavemen really eat? The myth of the carnivore diet.
Across the far right, a paranoid prophecy has been taking hold: the belief that globalist elites want to…
Bird flu is back. Will egg prices rise as it infects more and more farms?
It might now be a distant memory, but by the end of last winter, the average cost of…
Does my protein powder have lead in it?
Americans’ love affair with protein powders may slowly be poisoning them with the known neurotoxin lead. That, at…
Mirror life could end the world. But maybe it could also help us?
It could revolutionize human health — or it could spell our doom. It really depends on who you…
How America cut deadly city fires in half
My family lives in a heavily-trafficked part of Brooklyn, and most nights you’ll hear the occasional whine of…
Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. We can stop it.
Remember the Flint, Michigan, water crisis? The public health disaster that, at its peak, poisoned nearly 5 percent…
Social Security retirement age: How to raise it without hurting poor people
The other day, economist Tyler Cowen made an offhand observation that took me aback a bit: that the…
Monarch migration: New York City is an unexpected butterfly haven
BROOKLYN, New York — When people imagine what nature looks like, this probably wouldn’t be it. On an…