‘Enough Is Enough’: Science, Too, Has a Problem With Harassment ...
Many women in science thought that meritocracy was the antidote to sexism. Now some have decided on a […]
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How Can We Unleash the Immune System? by DENISE GRADY
Although immunotherapy can work wonders for cancer, it does not help everyone, side effects can be fierce, and […]
Why Don’t We Have Vaccines Against Everything? by DONALD G. ...
Money is just the obvious obstacle. A few diseases, like H.I.V., so far have outwitted both the immune […]
Why Are We Still So Fat? by GINA KOLATA
Only bariatric surgery reliably leads to long-term weight loss. Now scientists hope to duplicate the effects with a […]
When Will We Solve Mental Illness? by BENEDICT CAREY
Biology was supposed to cure what ails psychiatry. Decades later, millions of people with mental disorders are still […]
How Long Can People Live? by NICHOLAS BAKALAR
The trick is not to increase life span, scientists say, but to lengthen “health span.” Published: November 19, […]
Will We Ever Cure Alzheimer’s? by PAM BELLUCK
Few drugs have been approved for treatment of this dementia, and none works very well. It has become […]
The Fight Against Malaria Has Reached a Standstill by DONALD ...
Deaths from the disease plummeted from 2000 to 2013, but are now stuck at over 400,000 a year. […]
Needing Growth, Uber Returns to Germany. This Time on Best ...
Uber retreated from many towns in Germany in 2015 after battling regulators. Now the ride-hailing company has re-entered […]
Finally, a Machine That Can Finish Your Sentence by CADE ...
Completing someone else’s thought is not an easy trick for A.I. But new systems are starting to crack […]