![Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, said they have uncovered documents demonstrating that members of the sugar industry called off a study, named Project 259, in the 1960s because it linked sucrose — a common sugar — to heart disease and bladder cancer in preliminary experiments.](/img/lead/sugar-industry-withheld-possible-evidence-of-cancer-link-50-years-ago.webp)
Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, said they have uncovered documents demonstrating that members of the sugar industry called off a study, named Project 259, in the 1960s because it linked sucrose — a common sugar — to heart disease and bladder cancer in preliminary experiments.
![What if the foundation that all of mathematics is built upon isn't as firm as we thought it was?](/img/lead/crisis-in-the-foundation-of-mathematics.webp)
Crisis in the Foundation of Mathematics
What if the foundation that all of mathematics is built upon isn't as firm as we thought it was?