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How to Recognize and Avoid Fake Health Food
It's no surprise that many of food health labels stray from truth, but how can we cut the rubbish and identify the things that are actually good for us?
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In Step With Income Inequality, US Cities More Geographically Segregated than Ever
Residential segregation has increased by income in 27 out of 30 of America's metropolises, and in some cases translates to shorter lives in poorer areas
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Teens Predict Their Own Downward Spirals
For teens, having low expectations about living long, healthy lives turns out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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“Night At The Museum” For Adults Lets You Sleep Over With Dinosaurs
London's Natural History Museum is challenging adults to channel their inner child in an upcoming grown ups-only slumber party
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Research Suggests Politicians are More Likely to Be Psychopaths
Several of the characteristics that define a psychopath also correspond to the traits that make for effective leaders. For politicians, this is true
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Vietnam’s Dogs are Both Humans’ Best Friends and Snacks
In Vietnam, dog lovers had best keep their pooches behind high, locked fences if they don't want their pets to wind up boiled in a pot
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Could a Whale-Powered Bus Be the Future of Transportation?
Visionary postcard artists illustrated around 90 fanciful cards between 1899 to 1910 imagined what the future held in store for France in the year 2000
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For Soldiers, Sperm Banking Could Be the New Flack Jacket
Soldiers arriving home with missing or mutilated genitals have drown attention to the lack of government support for in vitro fertilization
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Why You Shouldn’t Panic Over The Latest News About Bird Flu
New research reveals that the flu virus has mutated into a novel strain of influenza, which transfers not just from bird to seal, but from seal to seal
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Teaching Molecular Biology with Watercolors
Molecular biology professor David Goodsell is just as skilled with a microscope as with a paint brush
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We’re Biased By Our Body’s Dominant Side
A new study shows that right-handed and left-handed people make different choices
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The Environmental Case Against Cheap Coffee
Bad news for coffee drinkers: It turns out that those cheap coffee pots found in offices are one of the biggest energy hogs in the modern workplace
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A Brief History of Death By Subway in NYC
A few highlights of death on New York City's subways over the years
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Shark Teeth Have Built-in Toothpaste
Sharks may have the healthiest teeth in the animal kingdom
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Older Termites Blow Themselves Up to Protect Their Colony
After a lifetime of servitude to the colony, older termites sacrifice the only thing they have left: their lives
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Women’s Brains Age Faster than Men’s, Thanks to Stress
Research shows that despite the fact that women live longer on average, their brains age faster. Scientists are pointing to stress as the possible culprit.
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Real Life Hobbit Village Proves the Greenest Way to Live is Like Bilbo Baggins
Some Danes are taking to the dirt like Tolkien's hobbits. Their own Shire-like eco-village is a model of sustainability, and one of the oldest of its kind
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World’s First Test Tube Baby Turns 34 Today
On this day 34 years ago, Louise Brown, the first "test tube baby," was welcomed into the world
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Loud Sex Will Get You Eaten By Bats (If You’re a Fly)
Flies now join likes of Romeo and Juliet, and Tristan and Isolde, determined but doomed lovers who would do anything - including die - for love
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Amelia Earhart, Fashionista
A few highlights of coverage celebrating Amelia Earhart's 115th birthday
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