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Can milk really hydrate better than water? MilkPEP's advertising campaign shows how bias and agnotology turn limited findings into marketing claims.

Meet Das Thamatoor—organic chemist turning synthesis into life‑saving drugs, low‑risk molecules, and student‑driven sustainability.

Research on gut-derived serotonin is reshaping traditional views of depression and antidepressant treatment.

Testosterone influences performance, but its complex effects and ethical-social concerns make it an unreliable basis for women’s sport eligibility.

AI improves diagnostic speed and accuracy, but for treatment it must stay a support tool because of ethical, legal, empathy issues.

Maternal mortality in the United States is a critical public health issue, with rates rising due to disparities in care and systemic inequities.

Meet Dawn Carey—a global health leader who examines why inequities persist and how we can strengthen systems to expand access to care worldwide.

Base-edited CAR-T therapy offers new hope for relapsed T-ALL by inducing remission and bridging patients to stem cell transplant.

A novel therapeutic strategy for Parkinson's Disease may soon restore neuronal function without neuron elimination or replacement.

Nina Prakash ’25 studies whether psilocybin’s neuroplastic effects depend on serotonin 1B rather than serotonin 2A.

Meet President Sian Leah Beilock—a renowned cognitive scientist who studies why we choke under pressure and how we can perform at our best.

The maternal and fetal immune systems are modulated to facilitate fetal survival.

Creative, animal-based solutions to global health issues have the potential to fill the gaps in health coverage.

Semaglutide-based medications have fundamentally changed how we approach both diabetes management and obesity treatment.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the upper and lower motor neurons.

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is classified as a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that hinders movement and balance.

Stroke remains one of the top five leading causes of death and morbidity in the United States and the second leading cause of death globally.

AlphaFold has shown great potential to aid biochemical research and protein engineering.

IIT is a theory of consciousness primarily developed by a neuroscientist named Giulio Tononi.

Emerging research suggests that emotions can contribute to accurate decisions when approached with a structured framework.

In 2020, author Robert Kolker published Hidden Valley Road, detailing the tragic story of the Galvin family, in which six out of twelve children...

In Dartmouth College’s Blobby (Baker Library lobby), the “Harold Rugg History Room,” exists at the end of the West Hall.

Since the early 1980s, the concept of modularity has been important in understanding how the mind works (Robbins).

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune condition in which the body’s immune system erroneously targets and destroys β-cells within the pancreas.

As research continues to unravel the vast array of gut microbiota and their implications, their potential applications to treatments have expanded.

Women’s experiences with healthcare are often marked by dismissal and subjugation.

Since the early 1980s, the idea of modularity has become important in understanding how the mind works.