FiveThirtyEight spent last week writing about our science resolutions for the new year, testing whether our habits and hobbies are backed by evidence. That was all well and good, but there’s plenty of stuff that we don’t want to know the evidence behind. Even in a newsroom as obsessed with evidence as ours, there are […]
Our science staff is trying to lead a more scientific life in 2018. Throughout the week, we’ve been questioning whether some of our habits and hobbies are based on junk science or real evidence. Here’s the fourth entry, on the merits of mindfulness. Sometime around, oh, my 60th panic attack last year, I figured it […]
For most of my adult life, I’ve been diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency. I take a vitamin D supplement every morning, yet I still never seem to have enough vitamin D. So what gives? This frustration led me to want to better understand vitamin D: how we get it, what it does in our bodies […]
Our science staff is trying to lead a more scientific life in 2018. Throughout the week, we’ll be writing about our resolutions for the new year. Here’s the second entry, on Tom Brady’s fitness empire. I am done with testimonials from professional athletes. I’ve spent the last year and a half reporting and writing a […]
Our science staff is trying to lead a more scientific life in 2018. Throughout the week, we’ll be writing about our resolutions for the new year. Here’s the second entry, on Tom Brady’s fitness empire. I am done with testimonials from professional athletes. I’ve spent the last year and a half reporting and writing a […]