Ross Pomeroy
Editor, RealClearScience
Steven Ross Pomeroy is the editor of RealClearScience. As a writer, Ross believes that his greatest assets are his insatiable curiosity and his ceaseless love for learning. Follow him on Twitter @SteRoPo.
A study found that older adults who cannot balance on one foot for ten seconds have an 84% higher risk of death than those who can.
“In witness whereof, the parties hereunto have set their hands to these presents as a deed on the day month and year hereinbefore mentioned.”
Energy balance is the greatest arbiter of weight gain. Embrace the “oinker diet.”
Numerous videos online show that squid undergo a dramatic color-changing effect after being stunned or killed.
A team of scientists has warned that marketers seek to advertise in our dreams. Will our sleep be commercialized against our wishes?
The intensely white coloration of the shrimp is a remarkable feat of bioengineering.
We commonly stereotype psychopaths as criminals, but there are probably more in upper management.
Walking is rarer in the U.S. compared to similar nations. It is also deadlier: Nearly 7,500 pedestrians were killed in 2021.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Thomas Edison was on to something…
Raw food, paleo, gluten-free, detox, and ketogenic: All of these diet fads withered when subjected to scientific scrutiny.
The researchers rebuked writers, scholars, and public figures for lazily perpetuating the notion of widespread gender bias in academic science.
Old coal mines can be converted into “gravity batteries” by retrofitting them with equipment that raises and lowers giant piles of sand.
If a person stands little chance of ever being wealthy, perhaps playing the lottery is a rational decision.
A panel of healthcare professionals much preferred responses that came from the chatbot in a recent study.
Wealthier in resources; poorer in time.
To protect yourself, you need an antifungal rather than an amulet.
It’s not about fairness. It’s about using every possible advantage.
Left-handed humans were likelier to get stabbed in the heart.
One from New Guinea rose to the top in a recent study.
A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.
The curiosity of children is a national resource. Adults destroy it.
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works engineering division has devised many jaw-dropping aircraft. Here are some of the best — and one ship.
Science isn’t synonymous with technology; it’s about a way of thinking.
When it comes to spotting a lie, less is more.
It wasn’t merely an act of brutality; it was a condemnation for the afterlife.
Self-help gurus for the digital age.
