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Whether Monkey or Human, Middle Managers Are the Most Stressed Out

While monkeys and humans may lead very different lives, the way both species’ middle-rankers suffer and deal with stress is not so different

Celebrate Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month By Reporting These Horrifying Species

April 1st marks the beginning of Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month, but how does somebody celebrate?

If Your Plane is Going Down, It’s Better to Sit in the Back

Discovery TV crashed a Boeing 727 in the Sonoran desert to answer the question: where’s the safest place in the plane?

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Stop Trying to Live Like a Caveman

Modern humans are doing it all wrong - they eat wrong, they run wrong, they work wrong, they get married wrong. But is the life of cave people really what we should be striving for?

Methane on the Breath Is an Indication of Obesity

Manipulating the gut microbes that cause obesity’s smell may help researchers figure out ways to help patients lose weight

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Nobody Chews Like You Chew

There are a few things that are distinct to every person—her fingerprints, voice, particular way of walking, and, it turns out, the way she chews

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The Myers-Briggs Personality Test Is Pretty Much Meaningless

Everybody relies on those four letters far more than they should

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Tip of the Iceberg: Our Love-Hate Relationship With the Nation’s Blandest Vegetable

It’s never been the most nutritious green at the grocers, but the versatile lettuce has a knack for sticking around on the dinner table

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The Count of Dead Pigs Pulled Out of Chinese Rivers Is Up to 16,000

Recent plagues of dead animals floating down China’s rivers may be due to farmers evading heightened environmental regulations

Can Watching One Video Help You Die Better?

Since most of us don’t see emergency medicine all that often, we tend to have an unrealistic idea about just how end of life care works

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Why Is Flu Season in Winter?

It has to do with the dry winter air, says new research

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The Secret to Olive Oil’s Anti-Alzheimer’s Powers

A natural substance found in olive oil called oleocanthal helps to block and destroy plaque build up in the brain that causes Alzheimer’s

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Pediatricians Back Gay Marriage

The American Academy of Pediatrics says that allowing a child’s parents to marry is good for kids

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When You Work Out to Music, Your Whole Body Syncs Up to Its Rhythm

But why do we require music to work out? And what kind of music is best?

For Truck Drivers, Coffee May Save Lives

Drivers who drank caffeine-laden beverages were 63 percent less likely to crash than those who did not - even if they were more sleep deprived

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Scientists Are Making All Sorts of New Drugs From Animal Venom

Several venom-derived drugs are already approved on the market and scientists are working on what they think are many more to come

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Why Some People Faint When They See Blood

In an evolutionary throwback, people with a blood phobia first experience a racing heart and then a sudden drop in blood pressure

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This New Search Engine Helps Doctors Diagnose Rare, Obscure Diseases

A quarter of rare diseases normally take between 5 to 30 years to diagnose; this tool hopes to streamline that process

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New Set of Patients May Be Cured of HIV With Early Treatment

Researchers announce that they have cured fourteen adults of HIV by treating them early

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The Town Featured in ‘Erin Brockovich’ Still Has a Bunch of Pollution in Its Water

The chromium pollution is spreading, and Hinkley’s residents are at a loss for what to do

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