Flawed medical studies can end up in doctors’ advice. We developed a tool to stop it
Maksym Dykha/Shutterstock Good health care depends on evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. They translate the best available research into recommendations that shape diagnosis, treatment, and prevention strategies....
From trading nutrients to storing carbon: 5 things you didn’t know about our underground fungi
marian galicia/Shutterstock If youre walking outdoors, chances are something remarkable is happening under your feet. Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive. These fungi arent what you might...

The Great Gatsby at 100: the Jazz Age novel that helps explain Trump’s America
F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, a top contender for the title of Great American Novel, turns 100 on April 10. A century later, it is invoked to help make sense of a world that still confuses material enterprise with...

A child killer, parenting struggles and ‘innies’ running wild: what to stream in April
Drowning in streaming choices? If so, youre not alone as our experts have a particularly wide range of picks this month. From musicals and comedy, to serial killers and twisted fictional corporations, theres plenty to get...
The artifacts found at Longtan, southwest China, were as old as 60,000 years. Qijun Ruan New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when...
US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise
The 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake near San Francisco in 1989 caused about $6.8 billion in damage and 63 deaths. J.K. Nakata/U.S. Geological Survey Earthquakes and the damage they cause are apolitical. Collectively,...
Using tranquillisers on racehorses is ethically questionable and puts horses and riders at risk
hedgehog94/Shutterstock Australias horse racing industry is in the spotlight after recent allegations of tranquilliser use on horses so they can be worked (exercised) between race days. A recent ABC report stated workers...