
Kids Are Headed Back to School. Are They Breathing Clean Air?
Clean indoor air protects against diseases such as COVID and flu, but we’re not doing enough to ensure it

Kids Are Headed Back to School. Are They Breathing Clean Air?
Clean indoor air protects against diseases such as COVID and flu, but we’re not doing enough to ensure it

Doctors Should Offer ‘Social Prescribing’ to Patients
“Prescribing” community resources and activities, like art classes and cycling groups, can improve our health and our health care

Don’t Trust AI for Important Things Such As Investment Decisions
Until AI algorithms understand what words mean, they won’t be reliable for important decisions—especially those with money on the line

Voting Is Just the Beginning
Your vote matters. But so does your involvement in civic actions

Trump’s ‘Gish Gallop’ Debate Tactic Comes from Creationists
A dishonest creationist debating tactic shouldn’t go unchallenged in American life. Or in national politics

Here Are the Five Health and Wellness Tools Everyone Needs Now
Prevention is key to health and wellness. Don’t wait too late to have these simple, essential medical devices on hand

Eating Disorders Can Strike Anyone
Misconceptions that eating disorders mostly afflict white, affluent, young females have led to disparities in the treatment of these deadly diseases

Lawmakers’ Dodgy Critical Mineral Designations Won’t Boost Clean Energy
Congress appears interested in passing mining legislation. But bills that would expand access to hard-rock minerals across the U.S. ignore supply chain standards and environmental consequences

Cancer Rates Are Rising in Young People. Here’s What You Need to Know
Do you think you are too young to get screened for cancer? Think again. It might save your life

Experiments Prepare to Test Whether Consciousness Arises from Quantum Weirdness
Researchers wish to probe whether consciousness has a basis in quantum mechanical phenomena

We Need to Rethink Our Strategy on Cannabis in the Overdose Crisis
Opioid use disorder treatment needs to take into account evolving cannabis policies, to help give people the best chances of recovery

The U.K.’s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans Children
A politicized review into transgender medicine in the National Health Service has upended lives in the U.K.—and threatens to spread harm across the globe