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Evidence
Plain-language explainers about evidence, written to make useful context easier to find and understand.
Browse articles that connect evidence to technology, health, infrastructure, money, science, and everyday decisions.
GLP-1 Drugs Explained Without the Miracle Language
Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound changed weight-loss medicine. The science is real, but the story is more complicated than hype allows.
Microplastics Are in Us. What Does That Actually Mean?
Microplastics have been detected in human tissues, blood, and organs. The open question is not whether exposure exists, but what risk it creates.
Creatine Is the Most Studied Sports Supplement. Here's What It Actually Does.
Creatine has decades of research behind it. The findings are clearer than almost any other supplement. Most people still misunderstand what it does and doesn't do.
Sleep Debt Is Real. What You've Been Told About 'Catching Up' Is Not.
The science of sleep deprivation is more alarming than most people realize — and the popular belief that weekend sleep fixes the week's deficit is largely wrong.
Magnesium Supplements: What the Research Actually Shows
Everyone is taking magnesium. Some of them should be. Most of them are probably wasting money. Here's an honest breakdown of the evidence, claim by claim.
Vitamin D: The Supplement With the Most Hype and the Most Complicated Evidence
Half the developed world takes vitamin D supplements. The research on whether they should is more complicated than the packaging implies.