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Neil deGrasse Tyson: What To Do About Science, Health Misinformation

The continuing spread of anti-science sentiment and misinformation and disinformation about science has become a very dark matter, so to…

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‘More Neanderthal than human’: How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors

The group had traveled for thousands of miles, crossing Africa and the Middle East until finally reaching the dimly lit…

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Black women founders offer health tech solutions to combat Black maternal mortality

When Black people receive maternal care, they are often not treated the same as white people. In 2016, when Simmone…

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Column: Democrats show that they’re no better than Trump in allowing politics to interfere with science

Anyone who cares about the importance of science in the making of government policy had to be deeply dispirited by…

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10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health

As far back as 250,000 years ago, the ancestors of most modern people in Europe and Asia left Africa and…

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The heart plays a hidden role in our mental health

Citations K. Kim et al. Resting-state neural firing rate is linked to cardiac-cycle duration in the human cingulate and parahippocampal…

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Ovid NutriHealth Launches: Interdisciplinary Database for Food and Health Sciences

Ovid NutriHealth Launches: Interdisciplinary Database for Food and Health Sciences (IN BRIEF) Wolters Kluwer Health, in collaboration with the International…

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Scientists want to know how the smells of nature benefit our health

Spending time in nature is good for us. Studies have shown that contact with nature can lift our well-being by…

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Why stress impacts health and ways to manage it

Whether at work or in our personal lives, stress impacts us all. This Mental Health Awareness Month, National Geographic is…

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Navy jet noise could mean long-term health impacts for Whidbey Island

More than 74,000 people on Whidbey Island could face long-term health impacts from the U.S. Navy jet noise that’s blasted…