Teresa Carr

Teresa Carr is a Colorado-based investigative journalist and the author of Undark’s Matters of Fact column.

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By Teresa Carr, Undark

12 July 2023

18 min read

Evidence linking acetaminophen to autism, ADHD under debate again

As acetaminophen lawsuits make their way through the U.S. court system, researchers reevaluate the quality of the evidence linking in-utero exposure to the painkiller to neurodevelopmental issues in children.

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Evidence linking acetaminophen to autism, ADHD under debate again

By Teresa Carr, Undark

12 July 2023 | 18 min read

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Daniel Nicholson discusses how Schrödinger’s book ‘What is Life?’ shaped years of biology, research

Combing through historical archives, Nicholson discovered what drove Erwin Schrödinger to pen “What Is Life,” his famous "little book": Schrödinger feared that new discoveries in quantum physics would influence how we think about free will.