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Neither a Tightwad Nor a Spendthrift Be

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Reading May Interfere With Facial Recognition

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Why You Waste Time Playing Farmville

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Inside a Mosquito’s Heart

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Tipsy Gene Protects Against Alcoholism

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The Tribal Tattoos of Science

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The Anatomy of Renaissance Art

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Cootie Catchers Say Lice Reveal Lots About Early Humans

Children are returning to school and parents have done all they can to prep. But not even the most diligent efforts can save your child from the lice bug

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Flu Shots for (Nearly) All

Snow's map led him to the source of a London cholera outbreak in 1854

Cholera, John Snow and the Grand Experiment

A British physician first determined that cholera spread through contaminated water in the 1850s, but the disease remains a major health risk today

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The Truth Behind Beer Goggles

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Whooping Cough on the Rise in Several States

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Three Classes Wannabe Doctors Should Take Before Med School

Using scaffolds and a patients own cells grown in a laboratory, researchers are building replacement body parts.

Organs Made to Order

It won’t be long before surgeons routinely install replacement body parts created in the laboratory

Contact lenses that act as computer screens face an obstacle: power.

Embedded Technologies: Power From the People

Energy harvested from our bodies will make possible mind-boggling gadgetry

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New Technology Could Let Disabled Communicate by Sniffing

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An Unbelievable Accent

Doctors AMA Centennial 3-cent 1947 issue U.S. stamp, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American Medical Association (AMA).

A Medical Lab on a Postage Stamp

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Please Cover Your Mouth When You Sneeze

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In Search of a Tuberculosis Vaccine

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