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Addiction Is Dry January a Good Idea? A School of Medicine expert on substance use disorder and related risks shares thoughts on the concept’s benefits and drawbacks January 2, 2025
Sports How Do Curve Balls, Cutters, Sinkers, and Sweepers Work? It’s all about the spin that the pitcher puts on the baseball, explains a physics professor August 22, 2024
Food & Nutrition Can Magnesium Supplements Improve Health? An expert in nutrition and medicine shares what scientists know and don’t know about magnesium and how to take it responsibly August 13, 2024
Health Can Probiotics Keep My Gut Healthy? A senior scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging gives us his prescription April 8, 2024
Food & Nutrition How Are Vitamin Supplements Produced, and Is It Better to Get Vitamins Through Foods Instead? A professor of nutrition science explains the pros of getting nutrients from food, but there are exceptions October 25, 2023
Arts & Humanities How Do I Get the Best Audio Quality from Streaming Music Services? Paul D. Lehrman, who is co-director of the Program in Music Engineering, explains the many formats and choices June 20, 2023
Education Is Homework Useful for Kids? If So, What Age Should It Start? Brian Gravel, an assistant professor of education, questions homework as it exists and imagines it as a way to make schooling meaningful for young people November 29, 2022
Animal Health & Medicine Why Don’t All Birds Fly South for the Winter? Deciding to stick around in the chilly weather is more about food than temperature, says a Tufts professor of biology September 29, 2022
Health Should I Get a COVID Booster and Flu Shot at the Same Time? Advice from family medicine physician Tuhin Roy, M17, MG17, associate medical director at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center. September 28, 2022
Health How Does Acetaminophen Work? It’s still kind of a mystery exactly how it relieves fever and pain, says Allen Shaughnessy, Pharm.D., a Tufts professor of family medicine September 14, 2022
