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An emerging obsession with “clean eating” may be fueled by a less than healthy fitness culture.

Scientists are not routinely sloppy, clinicians don’t usually cheat, and clinical research is generally well designed. So why is it so hard to reproduce results?

Surprising new science on the benefits of heat therapy for peak-performing athletes—and people in hospitals.

The artist and writer is thinking about multiple intelligences, life at the end of the future, and new ways of being.

An insider’s view of the effort to decode and model the entire immune system.

Maybe the science is finally catching up with BioViva CEO Elizabeth Parrish.

A new wave of spit-and-swab home testing kits promises to give individuals more control over their own health.

Our writer unpacks the data behind the new vaccines and wonders what happened to nuance in the CDC’s recommendations.

The ARDD meeting in Copenhagen this month featured new money, old experiments, endless enthusiasm, and a palpable sense of possibility.

We put the new Bristle Health mouth microbiome test through the paces, and here’s what we found.

With billions of dollars flooding into longevity, what role will epigenetic clocks play in measuring and intervening in aging?

A soft robotics researcher says bionic limbs that imitate living tissues could be viable within a decade.

The rise of biobanks around the world promised lots of cheap and plentiful human DNA for scientists to study. Here’s how that’s going.

Using CRISPR to activate ancient genes, Alora’s plan could be key to our future food supply.

Adopting a “back to nature” approach to life could offer stress reduction, stronger social connections, and improved health.