The three major presidential candidates have quickly pivoted to try to shape a new political discourse, as they face a…
Monty Python’s silly walk: A gait analysis and wake-up call to peer review inefficiencies
Fifty years ago, Monty Python’s famous sketch, ‘The Ministry of Silly Walks,’ first aired. The sketch pokes fun at the…
Facebook language changes before an emergency hospital visit
A new study reveals that the language people use on Facebook subtly changes before they make a visit to the…
C-sections: Moving beyond ‘defensive medicine’
A new study shows removing liability concerns slightly increases C-section procedures during childbirth.
Heat stress may affect more than 1.2 billion people annually by 2100
Heat stress from extreme heat and humidity will annually affect areas now home to 1.2 billion people by 2100, assuming…
At 8 months, babies already know their grammar
Even before uttering their first words, babies master the grammar basics of their mother tongue. Thus eight-month-old French infants can…
Gold nanoparticles uncover amyloid fibrils
Scientists have developed powerful tools to unmask the diversity of amyloid fibrils, which are associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other…
SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Travelers Returning from Wuhan, China
To the Editor: As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections (causing coronavirus disease 2019 [Covid-19]) spread globally, uncertainty…
Detection of Covid-19 in Children in Early January 2020 in Wuhan, China
To the Editor: A small number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have been described in children, and our…
History in a Crisis — Lessons for Covid-19
Writing in the heady days of new antibiotics and immunizations, esteemed microbiologists Macfarlane Burnet and David White predicted in 1972…