American Council on Science and Health

02/20/2026

Recent research suggests that regular omega-3 🐟 intake from supplements is linked to a modest reduction in cardiovascular events—but the benefits are smaller than many headlines suggest, and not everyone experiences them. Who actually gains protection?

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02/19/2026

Bacteria frozen in ancient underground ice cave found to be resistant against 10 modern antibiotics

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02/19/2026

What if Fundamental Reality Has Mental and Material Aspects?

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02/19/2026

Beauty: Enchantment or Curse - Hedy Lamarr and Her Overlooked Scientific Invention

Beauty and Brains.

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02/19/2026

Why Rational Choice Theory Should Not Be the Standard for Good Decisions

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02/19/2026

The Measurable Mind: Eastern Practice Meets Western Science

One of the universal challenges in human knowledge is translating what is deeply felt and implicitly understood into something explicit, communicable, and measurable. Inner experience does not easily lend itself to diagrams, equations, or biomarkers. Meditation sits on this boundary. Can the implicit language of experience be translated into the explicit language of brain dynamics? A new study suggests the answer is yes.

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02/18/2026

Scientists Teach Algae How to Mop Up Microplastics

Microplastics have become a hot topic in environmental science — and a reliable source of alarming headlines. A new study reports a clever approach to removing them using engineered cyanobacteria. The key ingredient is an orange-scented molecule called limonene. Very clever.

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02/18/2026

Chins have no point

Evolutionary anthropologists have long debated why humans have chins.

No other living apes have chins. No extinct hominin – including direct ancestors of modern humans like Homo erectus and close relatives like Neanderthals – had chins.

Chins are uniquely human – there is no other animal with a bony protuberance which can be identified as a true chin. The first chins emerged about 200,000 to 300,000 years ago with the emergence of our species Homo sapiens.

So… why?

Evolutionary anthropologists have long debated why humans have chins. No other living apes have chins. No extinct hominin – including direct ancestors of modern humans like Homo erectus and close relatives like Neanderthals – had chins. Chins are uniquely human – there is no other animal with ...

02/18/2026

Midlife Crisis Hits Harder Now in the U.S. That’s a Problem Other Rich Countries Don’t Seem to Have

If you grew up in the United States during the 1970s or so, you were promised a specific kind of trajectory. You’d get a degree, get a job, and eventually, settle into a midlife that might be boring, but at least it would be stable. Maybe you’d have a crisis like your old man, buy a convertible, or dye your hair.

Gen X is physically weaker and more depressed than Boomers were at the same age.

02/18/2026

The Secret Behind Vietnam’s 2,000-Year-Old Black Teeth Fashion Is Now Out

Two thousand years ago, in what is now northern Vietnam, beauty did not mean bright white teeth. It meant glossy black smiles, a cultural practice that may look peculiar to Western eyes but which remains widespread to this day across some parts of Asia.

Researchers recreated a 2,000 year old recipe to see how ancient people dyed their teeth black.

02/18/2026

ACSH contributor Katie Suleta in MedPage Today on a very important topic about science communication. Read on:

In an , Katie Suleta, DHSc, MPH, MS, and Aimee Pugh Bernard, PhD, argue that now is the time for universities and academia at large to make science communication a part of graduate and professional training.

Read more: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/119801

02/18/2026

BMJ’s Coverage of Kennedy’s Vaccine Reforms Amounts to Character Assassination

The reactions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s initiatives to improve vaccine safety have been almost uniformly negative. I studied how the narratives were framed in a cohort of 33 articles in the BMJ of which 30 were written by journalists or the editor. I focused on whether the reporting was balanced and informative, and whether the articles saw any merit in Kennedy’s reforms in his role as Secretary of Health and Human Services or supported the status quo.

Vaccines have saved millions of lives, and many people believe we should not discuss their harms, as this could increase vaccine hesitancy. When Maryanne Demasi and I had done a highly relevant systematic review of serious harms of the...