Does Blood Doping Even Work?
A recent study found no evidence that using blood doping drugs gives elite athletes any advantage
Why Senior Citizens May Be Overly Trusting
Out ability to judge the trustworthiness of faces diminishes with age, a new study shows
Blame Napoleon for Our Addiction to Sugar
Prior to 1850, sugar was a hot commodity that only society’s most wealthy could afford
Could a Computer Out-Diagnose Dr. House?
Could computers may make diagnostic wizardry a thing of the past?
Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Humans Have Been Evolving Like Crazy Over the Past Few Thousand Years
The past 5 to 10 thousand years have seen a surge in human genetic diversity
Voluntary Guidelines Aren’t Enough To Prevent Deaths From Bed Rails
At least 150 people have died in bed rail-related incidents over the past 9 years
Tick Bites Cause Freak Allergy to Meat Eating
In addition to acting as vectors for diseases, ticks are now identified as the likely culprit of a new bane specific to carnivores: causing an allergic reaction to meat
Fish on Prozac Are Violent And Obsessive
Prozac is seeping out of sewage treatment plants and into rivers and lakes, turning male minnows into female murderers
Reality Check: Does Oxytocin Keep Committed Men Away from Other Women?
The latest oxytocin study says the hormone makes committed men stay faithful, but some skeptics cry foul
Is Your Syndrome Named After a Nazi?
Many are probably unaware that their condition has a Nazi’s name attached to it
Chronic Lyme Disease Is Probably Not a Real Thing
New bouts of Lyme disease stem from new infections, not relapses
What Will Convince People That Genetically Modified Foods Are Okay?
In California, a loss for labeling GM foods has both sides wondering when people wil stop shouting and start thinking
Have Bedbugs Been Vanquished At Last?
Bedbugs have terrorized cities long enough, and now a human drug might stop them in their tracks
Lice Evolution Tracks the Invention of Clothes
The evolution of body lice shows that humans began wearing clothes between 50,000 to 200,000 years ago
Man in a Vegetative State ‘Talks’ to His Doctors
Using “yes” or “no” questions, researchers ask a vegetative man if he is in pain
A Flourishing Microbial Community Dwells Within Your Belly Button
A team of researchers dug into 60 different people’s belly buttons and found bacterial diversity and microbial mystery
Identical Twins Aren’t So Identical – Which Makes Twin Studies Harder
As twins grow and develop, each will acquire his or her own set of mutations - which could throw a wrench into twin studies
Blind Humans Can Learn To Sense Like a Rat With Whiskers
Finger-censor “whiskers” could someday help blind people sense surrounding objects like a rodent
Blind Mole Rats’ Cells Self-Destruct Before They Can Turn Cancerous
Researchers tease out the secret behind blind mole rats’ resistance to cancer
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