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Listen to the First Music Extracted from a Patient's Brain
Listen to the First Music Extracted from a Patient's Brain

You haven’t heard Pink Floyd like this before.

Five Hypotheses about the New Hepatitis Syndrome in Children
Five Hypotheses about the New Hepatitis Syndrome in Children

Adenovirus? COVID? Both? The disease seems to have come out of nowhere.

Antidepressants Don't Increase Quality of Life?
Antidepressants Don't Increase Quality of Life?

A new study forces us to ask what antidepressants are actually doing.

Did COVID Lockdowns Work?
Did COVID Lockdowns Work?

A new study concludes they were a terrible mistake, but there are red flags in the methodology.

COVID Is a Tragedy. It Could Have Been Worse
COVID Is a Tragedy. It Could Have Been Worse

The truth is that, despite the horrible toll of the pandemic, we got lucky.

Case Counts Be Damned, COVID Ends When Isolation Ends
Case Counts Be Damned, COVID Ends When Isolation Ends

The benefit of isolating people with COVID will not last forever.

Ivermectin: Breakthrough Coronavirus Cure or Bad Science?
Ivermectin: Breakthrough Coronavirus Cure or Bad Science?

And how we can figure out the difference once and for all.

How Social Media Hacks Your Brain
How Social Media Hacks Your Brain

The Algorithm exploits multiple inherent cognitive biases.

Vaccine Trial Participants Randomized to Placebo Should Get Vaccine Now
Vaccine Trial Participants Randomized to Placebo Should Get Vaccine Now

Trying to preserve the integrity of the trial is a fool’s errand.

Coronavirus and Vitamin D: Correlation, Causation, and Confusion
Coronavirus and Vitamin D: Correlation, Causation, and Confusion

The “Lifestyle Vitamin” has burned us before. Is Vitamin D supplementation smart in COVID-19?