Your Little Kid Needs a Pouring Station
Photo: myboys.me (Shutterstock) Little kids love to pour liquids from one container into another—but they’re not great at it. That’s because precise pouring is not a skill one can learn…
How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Germs Again
Photo: Nixx Photography (Shutterstock) Concerns about germs have shaped the last year and a half of everybody’s life, one germ in particular: the virus that causes COVID-19. But the billions…
Changing Minds About Why Doctors Change Their Minds
In 2001, when the pediatric allergist Gideon Lack asked a group of some 80 parents in Tel Aviv if their kids were allergic to peanuts, only two or three hands…
Look for These COVID Safety Precautions When You Go Back to the Gym
Photo: Ivan Zelenin (Shutterstock) If you haven’t been going to the gym much during the pandemic, being vaccinated (or seeing the vaccination rates in your area climb) may be enough…
Why Sweaty People Should Rinse More and Shower Less
Photo: Maridav (Shutterstock) Where most people need to dab their foreheads, my sweat glands unleash an unrelenting flood when it’s hot outside. The technical term to describe my plight is…
The World Loses Under Bill Gates’ Vaccine Colonialism
After weeks of immense pressure, the Biden administration came out in support of waiving intellectual property rights to coronavirus vaccines. Shortly after the Biden announcement earlier this month, the Bill…
The Teeny, Tiny Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
Epidemiologists have long observed that most respiratory bugs require close contact to spread. Yet in that small space, a lot can happen. A sick person might cough droplets onto your…
It’s OK to Shower Once a Week, and Other Pandemic Hygiene Habits That Are Fine, Actually
Photo: H_Ko (Shutterstock) During the pandemic, some of us may have been showering less (perhaps much less) even as we spent more time sanitizing surfaces (well, at first). As we…
What If You Clean Your Tub While You Shower?
Every step of cleaning a bathtub seems like it was engineered to be as annoying as possible. You have to get on your knees to give it a proper scrub,…
Vaccine Registries Are Good, Vaccine Apps Are Creepy and Invasive
America’s vaccine credentials debate is becoming more polarized by the day. On the one hand, Democratic strongholds like New York expanding the use of vaccine apps to make them necessary…