Science

Nature’s Medicine: Food 16
- MomThink, Featured, Health, Science
- October 8, 2024
It’s tomato season on our hobby farm. This year I planted an unprecedented variety of tomatoes since I got some for free from the local feed store. So into the ground they went. I figured if I got some fruit, great, and if not, it was worth a try anyway. I’m pretty relaxed about my
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A Soldier’s Battle With COVID Vaccine Injury 4
- Science, Featured, Health, MomThink
- October 7, 2024
Shannon Safford wanted to serve her country as a member of the United States Army, but in order to do so, she was required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine that would ultimately end her active service. She received the shot on deployment to Kuwait and began developing strange symptoms: She had menstrual issues, digestive problems,
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A Delicate Balance: What to Make of the Link Between Falling Bat Populations and Rising Infant Mortality 1
- Featured, MomThink, Science
- September 30, 2024
A fascinating study recently published in Science found that human lives may depend on the fate of bats. Not directly, of course. Rather, it’s the bat’s unique role in the ecosystems they inhabit that’s important for us. As a result, the decline of bat populations endangers human populations in an unexpected manner. The link between
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Break Out of Bad Therapy: Gen Z’s Road to Resilience 0
- Family, Culture, Science
- September 26, 2024
In 2018, 1,200 Yale undergraduates crowded into one of the University’s largest venues, Battell Chapel, ready to listen and learn. But the students sitting in the glow of the chapel’s stained-glass windows, who comprised almost a quarter of Yale’s undergraduate population, were not there for a church service. They were there for the most popular
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What Role Genes Play in Culture 1
- Culture, Featured, Science
- September 11, 2024
Are all disparities between ethnic groups due to prejudice? From black track athletes to many Americans’ hesitation around spicy food, according to many intellectuals, the disparity is caused by racism. But is this rational—or even biologically accurate? Everyone agrees that there is lots of cultural variety between ethnic groups. What is rarely mentioned is that
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Don’t Trust Your Doctor? Post-COVID, Over Half of Americans Don’t 4
- Science, Featured, Health, MomThink
- September 10, 2024
In April 2020, 72 percent of Americans trusted physicians and hospitals. That number fell to just 40 percent by January of 2024. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, the politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic is to blame. After years of lockdowns and mandates, less than half of Americans trust their medical system.
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