Why is consumer sentiment so low? September’s survey shows how people feel about today barely moved. What fell 11% in a month was how they picture next year.
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Prescribing Cascade: When a Side Effect Gets Its Own Pill
A prescribing cascade is when a drug side effect is mistaken for a new illness and treated with another drug. A new study mapped 24. Here is how to spot one.
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Joe Root Passes Tendulkar for Most Test Fifties. Here’s What That Record Really Counts.
Joe Root now has the most Test fifties ever, passing Sachin Tendulkar’s 68. But a fifty is an innings that never became a hundred. Here’s why that matters.
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Night Owls and Loneliness: It’s Not the Late Hour
New research on night owls and loneliness found the late hour is not the real cost. Being awake on a schedule nobody else keeps is the bigger problem.
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Franklin Expedition DNA: The Sailor in the Wrong Uniform
Franklin expedition DNA named the sailor found in 1859 in the wrong coat. He carried a wallet of papers and one misspelled line about death. Here is the story.
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The Earliest Evidence of Drug Use Is 25,000 Years Old. It May Have Started With a Toothache.
The earliest evidence of drug use is in 25,000-year-old teeth from Sulawesi. Researchers think it began as toothache relief that slowly made the pain worse.
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Sleeping With the Light On May Reshape Your Heart
Sleeping with the light on, even dimly, was linked to thicker, stiffer hearts in a study of 11,071 people. What it found, what it can’t prove, and what helps.
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NASA’s Swift Telescope Is Falling. Its Team Switched It Back On Anyway.
The Swift telescope will fall from orbit within months. Its team switched the instruments back on anyway, knowing it brings the end closer. Here is why.
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The 9/11 Survivor Tree, 25 Years On: First to Bud, Last to Let Go
The 9/11 Survivor Tree came out of Ground Zero with snapped roots and a burned trunk. 25 years on it buds first each spring, with its scar line still showing.
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Matt Suhey: The Friend Walter Payton Left in Charge
Matt Suhey spent eight seasons clearing the way for Walter Payton. When Payton died in 1999, Suhey was left in charge of his family, and he kept that promise.