A Week of Misconceptions (Published 2016)
We’re taking the first week of April as an opportunity to debunk popular misconceptions about health and science that circulate all year round. Some of these items were inspired by areas of confusion that reporters on The New York Times’ science desk encounter again and again. Others came directly from our readers, who submitted the misconceptions that frustrate them the most to our science Facebo
Hunched Over a Microscope, He Sketched the Secrets of How the Brain Works (Published 2017)
Hunched Over a Microscope, He Sketched the Secrets of How the Brain Works Illustrations by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the Spanish neuroscientist, from the book “The Beautiful Brain.” From left: A diagram suggesting how the eyes might transmit a unified picture of the world to the brain; a purkinje neuron from the human cerebellum; and a diagram showing the flow of information through the hippocampus
Growing Pains for Field of Epigenetics as Some Call for Overhaul (Published 2016)
An artist’s representation of epigenetics, which describes modifications to the genome that can be passed on to future cells. These changes modify the “backbone” that supports the DNA sequence and influence when and how often a gene is active.Credit...Science Source Our genes are not just naked stretches of DNA. They’re coiled into intricate three-dimensional tangles, their lengths decorated with
When Radiation Isn’t the Real Risk (Published 2015)
Evacuated patients at a hospital near the Fukushima power plant after the nuclear accident in 2011. No one has been killed or sickened by the radiation, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. But about 1,600 died of causes related to the evacuation.Credit...Daisuke Tomita/Yomiuri Shimbun, via Associated Press This spring, four years after the nuclear accident at Fukushima, a small g
Retracted Scientific Studies: A Growing List (Published 2015)
The retraction by Science of a study of changing attitudes on gay marriage is the latest in a growing number of prominent withdrawals of the results of studies from scientific literature. Related Article Haruko Obokata, the lead scientist of a retracted stem cell study, at a news conference last year. Credit Kimimasa Mayama/European Pressphoto Agency The retraction by Science of a study of changin
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We Tried 5 Cold-Weather Experiments. Instant Slushies, Frozen Bubbles and More. (Published 2019)