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Teach t-tests via "Waiting to pick your baby's name raises the risk for medical mistakes"

The Economists' "Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving"

Domonoske's "50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat"

Johnson's "The reasons we don’t study gun violence the same way we study infections"

Retracton Watch's "Study linking vaccines to autism pulled following heavy criticism"

Refutations to Anti-Vaccine Memes' Vaccination rates vs. infection rates

Shaver's Female dummy makes her mark on male-dominated crash tests

DeBold & Friedman's "Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines"

Our World in Data website

Parents May Be Giving Their Children Too Much Medication, Study Finds

Pokemon Go and physical activity

A wintery mix of holiday data.

Aschwanden's "You Can’t Trust What You Read About Nutrition"

Chokshi's "How Much Weed Is in a Joint? Pot Experts Have a New Estimate"

Harris' "Reviews Of Medical Studies May Be Tainted By Funders' Influence"

Hancock's "Skip The Math: Researchers Paint A Picture Of Health Benefits And Risks"

Data USA

Quealy & Sanger-Katz's "Is Sushi ‘Healthy’? What About Granola? Where Americans and Nutritionists Disagree"

Understanding children's heart surgery outcomes

Teaching your students about the de facto ban on federally funded gun research