We're writing as members of the Penn State community, which as about everyone knows by now has been shaken by a scandal because of a pro...

Genetics and the treatment of cancer The disease 'cancer' derives its name apparently from 'crab,' due originally to Hippoc...

We write a lot here on MT about how difficult it is to sort out causes -- causes of many things, from the global economic crisis to a winnin...

A confluence of events, legal cases, pending legal decisions, journal articles and provocative radio programs this summer naturally lead us ...

Skepticism has a long proud history Skeptics may get bad press, but they aren't just curmudgeons with nothing positive to say!  And we...

A few years ago we spent a sabbatical time at a genome center outside of Cambridge (called the Sanger Centre).  One of the young post-doctor...

The apparent health benefits to drinking coffee are adding up, as a piece in The Atlantic notes.  One of the newly published benefits, tho...