Evan Fleischer
Is Samuel or Samantha in more pain? Yale study exposes bias in American adults.
Boy, girl: the pain is the same.
When did athletes get so rich?
Stephen Curry's yearly salary is a cool $34 million. Where did all this money come from?
What keeps elite athletes motivated to win? It’s not just money.
A wealthy team doesn't automatically make for a successful team.
What stress can do to the body (and what you can do about it)
Stress affects everyone, but there's something you can do about it.
Scientists are still fascinated by Phineas Gage. Here’s why.
A blank canvas for generations of science.
Dogs help humans with disabilities socialize with others, researchers find
Having a dog may be one way to curb lonelieness.
Harvard’s Cass Sunstein: Algorithms can correct human biases
A tool that can slowly build a better world.
Scientist’s accidental discovery makes coral grow 40x faster
There might be hope for our oceans, thanks to one clumsy moment in a coral tank.
What to do if the ‘Oumuamua space “probe” comes around again
Time to build a Corellian shipyard?
Can AI laugh? We investigated.
Comedy, A.I.-style. Our roving reporter, Evan Fleischer, went into The Laughing Room and here's what happened
Increased air travel may decrease the chances of a global pandemic
The closer together we get, the argument goes, the healthier we'll be.
New air-conditioning design cools without using fossil fuels
Is the future with radiative cooling?
Study: hot coffee is better for you than cold brew
The long-raging debate over hot coffee versus iced coffee may soon be settled with this news.
Three paralyzed men are walking again thanks to targeted neurotechnology
Spinal implants deliver intermittent bursts to stimulate movement.
Tall people may be more at risk for skin cancer, new research suggests
Why? Because you have more cells, the researchers say.
There are 15 scientists running for Congress. Here’s what’s at stake.
Now is a good time to brush up on who's on the ballot.
Report: Just 23% of Earth’s wilderness remains
A new paper in Nature adds urgency to the fight against climate change.
Burger King designs meaty-cheesy horror burger to induce nightmares
It's "clinically proven" to induce nightmares, says Burger King, which ran a pretty weird study.
Talking about racial health inequality in Boston
What does it take to tackle a multifaceted problem?
Study: heightened emotional states leave the elderly more vulnerable to fraud
Emotion has an impact on the decision-making process.
Girls who play video games 3x more likely to study STEM degrees
Turns out those violent video games might be a blessing in disguise.
Will China’s green energy tipping point come too late?
Pay attention to the decisions made by the provinces.
Single algae cells can help deliver targeted medicine
Tiny and efficient, these biodegradable single cells show promise as a way to target hard-to-reach cancers.
Giant fans that suck CO2 out of the air are operational in Italy
But they are only taking the CO2 equivalent of 32 cars off the road every year.
Doctors in Scotland can now prescribe nature to their patients
Take one long stroll, four times a week.
The font that can improve your memory
Early reports show that it works, as odd as the approach may seem to some fontologists.
Observing stroke recovery in mice may provide guide for humans
Scientists at Stanford Medicine recently observed that some mice recovered from strokes better than others, leading them to wonder whether or not they could find evidence that specific genes played […]