Articles by

Alex Viveros

Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Science reveals what happened

Warren Loeppky has been a pediatric dentist in the Canadian city of Calgary for 20 years. Over...

Rare books covered with seal skin hint at a medieval trade network

Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading...

A shingles vaccine may also help reduce dementia risk

People who receive the live-attenuated shingles vaccine may have a lower likelihood of being diagnosed with dementia...

Elite athletes’ poop may hold clues to boosting metabolism

One of the keys to performing like an elite athlete — or at least having the...

How a Labrador retriever’s genes might affect the dog’s obesity risk

Labrador retriever owners are likely familiar with how persistent their dogs can be in their quest for...

Mount Vesuvius turned this ancient brain into glass. Here’s how

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 is perhaps most famous for entombing the Roman...

Historical writings reveal how people weathered the Little Ice Age

“Dear diary, it was freezing outside today…” If someone today wrote that in their journal, it might...