Science and reality
The number of Zika infections is going up as the number of microcephaly diagnoses is increasing. But—sing along; you know the words—correlation is not causation.
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Scientists know so little about the Zika virus that they’re not even sure how to find it in patients.
The post Mosquitoes Are Spreading a Rare Virus Around the World appeared first on WIRED.
Nobody knows how to make babies any more.
The post How Many C-Sections Is Too Many C-Sections? appeared first on WIRED.
The drugmaker used only animal studies to prove that vaccine works.
The post This Vaccine Can Protect You From Anthrax—After Exposure appeared first on WIRED.
An international report on the Ebola epidemic comes out just two days after the virus reappeared in Liberia.
The post We Blew It With Ebola. Scientists Don’t Want That to Happen Again appeared first on WIRED.
A (somewhat) premature obituary for the last line antibiotic.
The post A Once Powerful Antibiotic Goes the Way of All Flesh appeared first on WIRED.
This week, the 12 countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership---the largest regional trade agreement in history---slapped tobacco down.
The post It Just Got a Lot Harder for Big Tobacco to Defend Itself appeared first on WIRED.
A comprehensive government databases exists for car deaths. Why not for gun deaths?
The post Why America Still Doesn’t Have Any Good Data on Guns appeared first on WIRED.
The President told us to compare the number of Americans killed by gun violence to those killed by terrorism. We did. It's not even close.
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