By GREGORY ZELLER // The intense politicalization of hard science is eroding the nation’s physical and mental health. That’s the word from the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll,…
By TERRY LYNAM // The nation’s public-health professionals are in full-blown panic over the dumpster fire that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ignited within the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
Come one, come all: Welcome to Friday, friends, and not just any Friday but a huge one for Catholics and Jews alike – and of course socioeconomic innovators of…
Stranger than fiction: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and welcome to April, which officially began yesterday, as you probably realized from the preponderance of Internet hoaxes (no, Yahoo has…
By TERRY LYNAM // Keeping track of the Trump Administration’s head-spinning budget cuts and layoffs has been tough, but one thing is clear: They could have a staggering impact on…
Play ball! Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the eve of the 2024 Major League Baseball season (which technically started last week in Korea,…
Real scorcher: Welcome to Wednesday, intrepid innovators, as we reach the midpoint of a springlike – dare we say summerlike – mid-April workweek (in the 80s Thursday?). The early-season…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Reports of the demise of the Game On Retro Arcade were somewhat exaggerated – and legions of fans are thankful for that. A fairly routine April…
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s innovation squared at Smithtown West High School, where a brilliant idea designed to address an important social issue has a team of big thinkers in…
By STEPHEN SHORE // In just several months, Greta Thunberg, 16, has flayed international leaders, electrified climate advocates and served notice that her generation will bring new urgency to saving…
The National Institutes of Health will fund a two-year Feinstein Institute for Medical Research study exploring risk factors behind autism spectrum disorders in newborns. A $3 million NIH grant has…