In November, The Lancet, one of the world's most esteemed medical journals, launched a new monthly series of case studies that goes beyond clinical diagnoses to illuminate the social and cultural ...

The message is hammered over and over, in news conferences, hearings, and executive orders: President Donald Trump and his ...

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A classic book on UFO believers and their "cognitive dissonance" after aliens failed to land is called into question.

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RFK Jr. added misleading CDC claims on vaccines and autism.Right-wing media misreported CDC updates as vaccine-autism ...

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.