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Computational biologist Brandon Ogbunu explores and writes about the intersection of science, society, and culture. We spoke ...

Consensus on youth gender surgery may be crumbling, according to a New York Times guest essay. The piece acknowledges the growing "cracks" in medical agreement regarding the treatment for minors as ...

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When our son was 4 years old, he asked my wife and me: "Can you drive to heaven?" Out of the mouth of babes, right? It’s a question only a child would ask, but it raises a very adult question: Where ...

Free Expression: Speaking on Feb. 26, 2025, two unlikely prophets of a new spirituality—co-founder of Twitter, Biz Stone, and co-founder of Pinterest, Evan Sharp—entranced an audience of ambitious ...

The Trump administration has unleashed a tsunami of budget cuts to federal science programs. Mass firings have taken place at both the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of ...

Research by philosopher of science and Honorary Research Associate at Bangor University, Byron Hyde, looked at the role of transparency in fostering public trust in science. Hyde argues that, to find ...

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