NAD supplements show promise in treating some ailments, but there’s little evidence for claims that they can ward off aging in healthy people.

Red yeast rice may lower cholesterol, but contains the same active compound as statins and can have inconsistent dosing and limited regulation

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CBT-I, the most effective treatment for insomnia, causes none of the side effects that sleep medications do

The definitive story of the scientists who set out to answer two questions: “Why do we sleep?” and “How can we sleep better?”Award-winning journalist Kenneth Miller joins us at the library to tell the...

Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency

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Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius

Findings show for first time how plastic chemicals throw off the body’s internal clock by up to 17 minutes

NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep

The answer to the melatonin and kids question depends on how they’re used—and many parents may be doing it wrong

The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...

Hundreds of grants, fellowships, and awards were terminated because they are no longer "aligned with NSF priorities."

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Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.

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What happens when we sleep? Why do we need sleep? These basic questions went unanswered for a long time because sleep was so difficult to study. On this episode of Inquiry, we talk with award-winning ...

This is a potentially devastating event — not just for the scientific community, but for all Americans.

How sleep prevents "dirty" brains that age faster

A team of international scientists has discovered a new incentive for getting eight hours of sleep every night: it helps the brain to learn a new language.

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A small town faces down climate disaster

An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't

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Why do teens sleep so late? Is there a scientific way to measure how sleepy you are? Pioneering sleep scientist Mary Carskadon has answers—and is still discovering new frontiers.

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