Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scareEvery year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk about rumors of contaminated Halloween treats. That’s because I track media coverage of reported incidents of trick-or-treaters receiving razor blades in apples or pins and poison in candy bars. My data goes back to 1958, and my principal finding is simple: I can’t find any evidence that any child has ever been
Male birth control options are in development, but a number of barriers still stand in the way
Headcovers have always been political in Iran – for women on all sides
Affirmative action bans make selective colleges less diverse – a national ban will do the same
Nobel prizes most often go to researchers who defy specialization – winners are creative thinkers who synthesize innovations from varied fields and even hobbies
Nobel prize: Svante Pääbo’s ancient DNA discoveries offer clues as to what makes us human
What is déjà vu? Psychologists are exploring this creepy feeling of having already lived through an experience before
Bandits are losing interest in robbing banks, as some crimes no longer pay
Plunging pound and crumbling confidence: How the new UK government stumbled into a political and financial crisis of its own making
Elon Musk argues Twitter is better off without a board of directors – is he right?
Do multimillion-dollar dinosaur auctions erode trust in science?
The Supreme Court is back in session, with new controversial cases that stand to change many Americans’ lives – here’s what to expect
Nobel Prizes, election outcomes and sports championships – prediction markets try to foresee the future
Russia plans to annex parts of Eastern Ukraine – an Eastern European expert explains 3 key things to know about the regions at stake
UN slavery estimate raises question: Are 50 million people really enslaved today?
Why it’s such a big deal that Alla Pugacheva, ‘the tsarina of Russian pop,’ came out against the war in Ukraine
‘There’s only so far I can take them’ – why teachers give up on struggling students who don’t do their homework
Two wrongs trying to make a right – makeup calls are common for MLB umpires, financial analysts and probably you
Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for years
Hurricane hunters fly through extreme storms to forecast intensity – here’s what happens when the plane plunges into the eyewall
