Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time.
I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald's, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle.
Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we're not that good at doing that.
All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isnt whether our food has been modified, but how.
People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.
Your dollar cheeseburger isn't a dollar if you factor in what it's going to cost in health care.
I started to write about science and medicine at the Washington Post, in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
Modern art did not just happen. It came as a result of a deep reversal of spiritual values in the Age of Reason, a movement that in the course of a little more than two centuries changed the world.
Running is the heart of what it means to be human.
Talking about straws and camels' backs is just one way of approaching things. If you have enough camels, no backs need be broken.
I love Neutrogena's Makeup Remover Cleansing Wipes. They get all my makeup off and are really moisturizing.