Health
Watch This Woman Slowly Transform From Toddler to Elderly Woman
The idea behind Danielle, who is based on a real person, is "that something is happening but you can't see it but you can feel it, like aging itself"
Half of Children That Die Before Age Five Live in Just Five Countries
6.6 million children died before their first birthday last year, but the good news is that number is going down
Valley Fever: The Fungal Spores that Plague Archaeologists
When you spend your time digging in dirt, you get exposed to all sorts of nasty spores
A Man’s Testicle Size May Influence His Enthusiasm for Parenting
Some men may be naturally inclined to go down the long-term investment parenting route, whereas others may lean towards the Johnny Appleseed approach
Trypophobia Is a Fear of Holes
To study trypophobia, scientists went to the most obvious place: the trypophobia website and Facebook group
In the 16th Century, Nose Jobs Were Horrible, Horrible Things
The process involves shoving cloth under the skin of your arm, walking around for two weeks with your bicep attached to your face, and probably dying
A Tiny, Transparent Skull Implant Could Simplify Brain Surgery
Unlike past glass-based models, the new implant's ceramic material will not shatter if someone bumps their head
Richard III Had a Nasty Case of Roundworms
Perhaps the king's cooks were not washing their hands, or forgetting to rinse the human waste-fertilized salad greens before serving them to their monarch
Japan’s Planning to Build an “Ice Wall” Around Fukushima
The Japanese government has stepped in and announced that it will invest $500 million in the project
This Man’s Smell Hallucinations Can Predict the Weather
For one man Parkinson's hallucinations were both horrible and predictive - he smelled an intense skunky oniony smell that got worse when a storm was coming
When You Don’t Have Enough Money, It’s Hard to Think About Anything Else
Subjects consumed with money, they found, dropped an average of 13 IQ points, or the equivalent of zapping our brain by pulling a mind-numbing all-nighter
There Might Soon Be a Cure for (Your Pet Mouse’s) Jetlag
Scientists have found the protein that prevents your (mouse's) body from adjusting to changing time zones
Why Do We Cry When We’re Happy?
Your brain can't handle the overflow of emotion
Drones Could Carry Defibrillators Straight to Heart Attack Victims
For heart attack victims, life expectancy decreases by about 10 percent for every minute that ticks by after an emergency
Boston Children’s Hospital Once Relied on the Opera to Power X-Rays
In the 1880's the Children's Hospital in Boston didn't have electricity, so it couldn't use X-rays. But the nearby Opera House did
Lyme Disease Is Ten Times More Common Than We Thought
A recent CDC release says 300,000 Americans get Lyme disease each year
Atropine Is the Simplest Treatment for Nerve Gas Attacks, And Syria Is Running Low
For doctors on the ground, the question is less who used chemical weapons, and more how they are going to treat the victims
One Million Cockroaches Escaped from a Traditional Chinese Medicine Farm
The greenhouse where rochaes were being raised was destroyed by an unknown vandal - perhaps a neighbor not pleased about millions of cockroaches next door
Football Team Losses Make Fans Eat Their Feelings
A fan's closeness to his team may be so tied up in his personal identity that his body interprets the loss as an effrontery to his own psyche
Most of China’s Infamous Black Carbon Smog Comes From Cars And Cook Fires
Surprisingly, until now authorities struggled to pinpoint the main pollution culprits behind the black carbon, or soot
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