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Co-Authored By Pamela Paresky, Ph.D.

Full Disclosure: Before five minutes ago, I was unsure what teams made it into the upcoming Super Bowl. I mean, if one of them isn’t the Eagles, then my attention span plummets to nonexistent.

Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman are two social scientists, psychologists, who are the subject of Michael Lewis’s latest book, The Undoing Project.

After more than six years in science journalism, I have reached two very disturbing conclusions about the craft.

One might think that those who are interested in improving their health are also the types who welcome suggestions on ways to do just that. But that's not always the case.

A potentially heartwarming development has occurred in recent days.

HPV—Human Papillomavirus— is a frequently overshadowed sexually transmitted infection when the topic of STDs hits the spotlight.

In an all too common turn of events, former President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara were admitted to the same hospital for respiratory issues-- pneumonia and bronchitis, respectively.

McKesson Corporation [1] was fined $150 million in civil penalti

Science is one of the few institutions in America that has largely remained above the hyperpartisanship gripping our nation.