Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist

Trump falsely claimed the MMR vaccine is “quite lethal” and linked shots to autism.

Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species

The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.

Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500

Six deaths reported among screwworm cases, one directly attributed to the flies.

Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism

Trump determined to link life-saving shots to autism, despite science and political risk.

Organ donation group accused of trying to take living man's organs faces shutdown

The organization, Network for Hope, “strongly disagrees” with the HHS’s decision.

This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay

“The models are forecasting something outside the envelope of anything we have ever observed.”

Recipe: The ice-cold, low-effort cherry pudding for a record-hot summer

Jacob Kenedy’s cremolato needs little more than fruit, sugar, water and a freezer — and delivers a slushy, intensely flavoured treat

The ethical perils of gene therapy

A case in China shows the dangers associated with this groundbreaking treatment

Signals by Saira Hameed

Part memoir, part medical detective story, this homage to endocrinology is inspiring, humbling and humane

Don't Outsource the Best Parts of Parenting to AI

Talking to your kids is one of the fun parts of parenting. I'd rather AI take over mundane tasks like laundry or organizing school communications.

Monsters of God review

This riveting doc explores how ex-cheese salesman Hank Molt birthed an industry that now threatens entire ecosystems

Do natural GLP-1s work?

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