We've gone from a preponderance of acute and infectious disease as a source of premature death to chronic diseases, which are the preponderance of the burden of illness in most of the world. That puts a much higher premium on the prevention of chronic disease than ever in history.Collection: Gone
Are we at some kind of evolutionary equipoise as a species? Or, are we destined to become something different - something, perhaps, even better adapted to the environment?Collection: Motivation
The flu is very unpredictable when it begins and in how it takes off.Collection: Flu
Autism is a complicated illness, and children with a variety of treatments and non-treatments show improvement over time, which is all to the good.Collection: Children
Evolution is all about passing on the genome to the next generation, adapting and surviving through generation after generation. From an evolutionary point of view, you and I are like the booster rockets designed to send the genetic payload into the next level of orbit and then drop off into the sea.Collection: Views
Nature is the worst terrorist you can imagine.Collection: Imagine
At the bottom of the ocean, bacteria that are thermophilic and can survive at the steam vent heat that would otherwise produce, if fish were there, sous-vide cooked fish, nevertheless, have managed to make that a hospitable environment for them.Collection: Ocean
Keep in mind that there are many neurotoxins in the world. Dozens of natural and industrial substances have neurotoxic properties.Collection: Mind