Eating at fast food restaurants causes weight gain, right? Didn’t Morgan Spurlock show this in his 2004 documentary Super Size Me, in which he ate only at McDonald’s for thirty days and gained twenty-five pounds as a result? Not so fast. As reported by KCCI News, high school science teacher…

As reported by the AP, doctors have used a novel device to successfully treat chronic heartburn. Whereas heartburn, or acid reflux, is familiar to many as an occasional, fleeting pain, in some individuals it occurs chronically and can cause real harm. Such chronic heartburn is called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and…

David H. Mirman reviews The Flaw of Averages: Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty, by Sam L. Savage.

David H. Mirman reviews Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body, by Neil Shubin.