Who Really Discovered the First Exoplanet?
Two Swiss astronomers got a well-deserved Nobel for finding an exoplanet, but there’s an intriguing backstory
Opinion
AI Doesn’t Actually Exist Yet
Many businesses claim they’re using it, but they’re kidding themselves—and they’re kidding you, too
The EPA Says We Need to Reuse Wastewater
It’s much more economical than finding new sources
Can the Shape of Your Face Predict Your Propensity for Violence?
Modern scientists revive a crude form of biological determinism...
A New Way to Think about Mental Illness
Instead of looking for “the” cause of schizophrenia, depression and other disorders, we should consider whether there might be a network of causes
Does AI Have a Place in Medicine?
Yes, but it will help doctors, not replace them
The Greatest Unknown Intellectual of the 19th Century
Emil du Bois-Reymond proclaimed the mystery of consciousness, championed the theory of natural selection and revolutionized the study of the nervous system. Today he is all but forgotten...
Behind the Scenes of a Radical New Cancer Cure
I’ve now treated several patients with the new cancer gene therapy called CAR-T, but there’s still a lot to learn
Medicine’s Power Problem
It’s not just “superstar” doctors who get away with abuse of patients, medical trainees and other hospital staff
How Mass Spectrometry Can Help Limit Reproducibility Problems
Technology comes to the aid against a drain on resources in medical research
