Ross Pomeroy
Editor, RealClearScience
Steven Ross Pomeroy is the editor of RealClearScience. As a writer, Ross believes that his greatest assets are his insatiable curiosity and his ceaseless love for learning. Follow him on Twitter @SteRoPo.
Risk-taking isn’t inherently bad: It tends to build self-confidence when things work out, and resilience when they don’t.
When migraine and tension-headache patients overuse their medications, they can actually trigger more headaches.
A study out of Sweden shows that the highest earning men are slightly less intelligent than those just below them on the economic ladder.
“Language is the most distinctively human talent.”
According to Peter Ward’s “Medea hypothesis,” photosynthesizing organisms regularly doom most life on Earth by over-consuming carbon dioxide.
Kids are fragile. They should trust their feelings. The world is a battle between good and evil. We should stop repeating these untruths.
Get the most out of your coffee.
A new 20-year analysis of over 14,000 psychology studies finds that a study’s media coverage is negatively linked to its replicability.
Slimy biofilms made up of bacterial and eukaryotic life forms have taken over an abandoned, flooded uranium mine in Germany.
Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn’t find any.
Close to 70% of drugs advertised on TV offer little to no benefit over other cheaper drugs.
Some objects were softer than others.
Millennials are reversing a 40-year decline in stroke deaths.
A new study of global love finds that Americans have some of the most loving relationships, while Chinese and Germans have some of the least.
And it’s much, much less expensive.
A food fight may finally be put to rest.
The “subarachnoidal lymphatic-like membrane” helps shield and protect the brain.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
But they’re still lovable.
“A modern five-day forecast is as accurate as a one-day forecast in 1980.”
For college students, it’s the early afternoon.
2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.
Goodbye, Arabica? Learn to love Liberica.
We all see beauty the same way.
Running to catch the bus might help you live longer.
