Health
Made by College Seniors, These Seven Products Give Us a Glimpse Into the Future
Engineering students at universities across the country took these projects from sketch to reality in one year
How Food Truck Parks Are Making America More Like Southeast Asia
Pushing for nutritious options, as public officials in Singapore are doing, could boost the health of cities and their residents
Labyrinths in Prisons and Hospitals Might Actually Help People Relax
Labyrinths are experiencing a revival
How Our Modern Lives Became Infested With Bed Bugs
After being bitten by the tiny pests, author Brooke Borel set out to learn all she could about her blood-sucking foes
A Trip to Mars Could Give You Brain Damage
Exposure to cosmic rays may cause defects that would make astronauts lose their curiosity during a mission
Birds Are in a Tailspin Four Years After Fukushima
Like the proverbial canary in a coalmine, avian abundances may paint a grim picture of the effects of nuclear disasters on wildlife
Taking Stock of 75 Years of McDonald's
Has the original fast-food restaurant finally reached the end of its success?
This New Treadmill Automatically Adjusts to Your Speed
A prototype developed at Ohio State makes indoor workouts more like outdoor runs by using sonar to detect where you are on the belt and keep pace
Scientists Take a Crack at Explaining That Knuckle-Popping Noise
A new study takes a closer look to explain the mechanism behind the sound when we crack our joints
These Magic Toothbrushes Work Without Toothpaste
A new brush—and an old one, too—that don't rely on possibly harmful pastes to make your smile shine
Pulling Your Hair Out? It Might Just Help Reverse Baldness
Plucking hair could be a counterintuitive way to fight balding, according to a study of quorum sensing in rat follicles
Teen Pregnancies Have Hit an All-Time Low
But teens still aren’t opting for the most effective forms of birth control
Building a Bionic Pancreas
A device that tracks blood sugar and automatically administers insulin and glucagon could take some pressure off Type 1 diabetes patients and their parents
Scientists Predict Obesity Rates by Examining Sewage Microbes
The microbial makeup of a city's sewage can indicate its population's physique
A Bus Stop Climbing Wall and Other Wild Ideas That Just Got Funded
Unbreakable shoelaces? They come in stylish colors and patterns
Medical Holograms Are Now Part of the Surgeon's Toolkit
Technology hitting the market will help doctors examine heart conditions or check for colon cancer without breaking the skin
Here’s More About the Drug Behind Indiana’s HIV Epidemic
Illegal use of Opana, or oxymorphone, is fueling a public health crisis in Scott County, Ind.
Cats Get Breast Cancer Too, and There's a Lot We Can Learn From It
Understanding aggressive tumors in pets may lead to better treatments for the nastiest forms of the disease in people
The Brief History of “Americanitis”
More than a century ago, the experts thought that Americans worked too hard, putting their collective health at risk
Modern Marijuana Is Often Laced With Heavy Metals and Fungus
Medical and recreational marijuana use is increasingly legal—but do consumers know what they're smoking?
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