Tylenol, autism and the difference between finding a link and finding a cause in scientific research

Claims from the Trump White House about links between use of the painkiller acetaminophen—often sold under the brand name ...
Opinion

Trump’s Tylenol briefing peddled junk science

Flanked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other top federal health officials, Trump linked autism to the use of acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol — during pregnancy. This, ...

What parents need to know about Tylenol, autism and the difference between finding a link and finding a cause in scientific research

Trump’s definitive statements that Tylenol use during pregnancy causes autism suggest certainty that the science does not ...

The real danger isn’t Tylenol, it’s bad information

The Trump administration’s claims about Tylenol and autism — and the weak science used to support them — must be called out ...

Human consciousness may be controlled by your 'lizard brain', Cambridge scientist claims

Cambridge neuroscientist Dr Peter Coppola claims that human consciousness arises from a primal region of our brains, known as ...

Nanoscale optical device enables independent control of light intensity and phase using electricity

A nanoscale optical device has been developed that allows independent control over the intensity and phase of light. By ...
Christian Science Monitor

Why a weakened Hezbollah still poses a challenge to Lebanon’s government

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
IEEE

Variable Impedance Control for Floating-Base Supernumerary Robotic Leg in Walking Assistance

Abstract: In human-robot systems, ensuring safety during force control in the presence of both internal and external disturbances is crucial. As a typical loosely coupled floating-base robot system, ...
Phys.org

Shaping future electronics with light: Experiment demonstrates ultrafast light control of ferroelectric properties

Ferroelectrics are seen as promising candidates for the electronics of tomorrow. An experiment at the world's largest X-ray laser—the European XFEL in Schenefeld near Hamburg—now shows that their ...
Science Daily

Tiny hologram inside a fiber lets scientists control light with incredible precision

Researchers in Germany have unveiled the Metafiber, a breakthrough device that allows ultra-precise, rapid, and compact control of light focus directly within an optical fiber. Unlike traditional ...
Frontiers

Entropy production minimization in a tubular ammonia synthesis reactor: a mathematical optimization approach with variable geometry and heat flux control

1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia 2 PoreLab, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway Ammonia ...
Scientific American

This Hormone-Free Pill Could Finally Expand Birth Control Options for Men

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. When it comes to birth control, men have exactly two reliable options: condoms or a vasectomy. That’s it. For decades ...