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Boston is known for many things, and one of its most prominent assets is its high number of top-notch colleges and universities.

When Henry Kissinger (an ex-Theranos board member) wrote the entry for Elizabeth Holmes's inclusion in TIME magazine's 2015 top 100 Most Influential People, he wrote,

It's difficult to imagine what life must be like for people who work in public relations at United Airlines.

Of all the ridiculous claims made in the popular science press, one of the biggest is that we have discovered the possibility of alien life on some remote exoplanet.

It's sleep awareness week and we are trying to, well, be more aware of our sleep. 

The home DNA testing company 23andMe has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to test for three genetic mutations in two genes that you have probably heard of if you know who Angeli

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Wheat is the second most important food crop in the developing world. It's not just in pasta, either. Wheat is found in more food than you can imagine (1). Like corn and soy, we need it, and lots of it. 

Pollsters have taken a beating the last few years. Getting Brexit and the 2016 U.S. presidential election wrong were spectacular failures that shook the public's faith in prediction models.

You may remember a mystery that had health officials and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) perplexed a few summers back.