Matt Fuchs writes about science, health, aging, and well-being. His Substack is Prime Factors and he is a 2026-2027 Knight-Wallace Fellow. Matt Fuchs writes about science, health, aging, and ...

There's nothing as simultaneously reassuring and infuriating as modern airport security. Anyone who's done even a little traveling knows the feeling of arriving at the airport only to be greeted by a ...

Ads and social media influencers have been singing the praises of full-body MRIs recently. People who recommend these scans ...

Remember all the outrage when the TSA began using full-body scanners at the airport? Well, now they’re quietly pulling the plug. Here’s the story behind the story: Full-body scanners became big news ...

As the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) pushes forward with its plan to place full-body scanners in all American airports, experts in the scientific community are raising serious concerns ...

CHICAGO - They look a little like giant refrigerators and pack a radiation dose big enough to peer through clothing for bombs or weapons, yet too minuscule to be harmful, federal officials insist. As ...

Peeped this over on Slate. The Fiqh Council of North America has issued a fatwa on TSA’s full body scanners.

Gone are the days when friends and family could walk you to your gate and you could board an airplane without a detailed airport security check. (For you youngsters, yes, that actually happened once ...