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A Third of All People on Earth Are Overweight Or Obese
Obesity rates are rising across the board
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The Next Wave of Cancer Cures Could Come From Nasty Viruses
The idea of using viruses to fight cancer isn’t new, but recent breakthroughs are offering more promising results
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Even 2-Year Olds Are Being Prescribed Ritalin
There may be as many as 10,000 American toddlers on stimulant drugs for ADHD
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This Scientist Fell Down a 70-Foot Crevasse in the Himalayas But Managed to Claw His Way Out
Rescue teams finally reached him the following day
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In the Victorian Era, Doctors Prescribed Beards to Help Keep Men Healthy
The mid-19th century beard boom was motivated, in part, by health concerns
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Infographics Through the Ages Highlight the Visual Beauty of Science
An exhibit at the British Library focuses on the aesthetic appeal of 400 years of scientific data
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The “Star Wars” Prosthetic Arm Was Approved for Sale in the U.S.
The advanced prosthetic reads muscle contractions and turns them into motion
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Hurricanes Katrina And Rita Caused At Least 117 Uncounted Deaths, of Stillborn Babies
Higher rates of stillbirths overlapped with the most devastated areas in the aftermath of those 2005 natural disasters
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10 Things Science Says About Being A Mom In 2014
Among them: she usually underestimates the height of her youngest child and her diet when she conceives could change her offspring’s DNA.
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This City in California Voted in Favor of Making Bullying a Crime
Bullying can seriously harm kids, for years. But should it really be punished by law?
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The Black Death Actually Improved Public Health
Analysis of skeletons from before and after the height of the epidemic yields surprising results
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Breathing Deeply May Actually Boost Your Body’s Immune System
The power of the trained mind over the body is truly an amazing thing
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Society Doesn’t Quite Know What to Make of Professional Snugglers
One snuggling operation in Wisconsin recently shut down when authorities thought it was a front for a brothel
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Surgeons Are Ready to Put Trauma Patients Into Hibernation
By chilling the body, trauma surgeons can buy more time
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The MERS Virus Has Been Detected in the U.S.
But the specter of what the SARS-like virus could do is scarier than what it actually is doing right now
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Environment Matters As Much As Genes for Kids Who Develop Autism Spectrum Disorders
A new study found that environmental and genetic factors were equally important in assessing kids’ risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder
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Scientists Transformed Men’s Skin Cells Into Immature Sperm Cells
When inserted in mice testes, men’s skin cells were coaxed into becoming immature sperm cells
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Here’s Why There Will Probably Never Be a Hangover Prevention Pill
If it was easily doable, someone would have invented it already
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Lone Bacteria Are More Likely to Become Drug Resistant Than Big Colonies
This finding could help design ways to prevent antibiotic resistance
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Should We Destroy Our Last Living Samples of the Virus That Causes Smallpox?
Later this month, the World Health Organization will decide whether or not to get rid of two live virus repositories in the United States and Russia
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