Health
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
A Conservative Estimate For Dengue Fever Infections in India: 37 Million Each Year
Dengue fever is become more common worldwide, and India has been particularly hard hit
What Can We Learn From the Porn Industry About HIV?
Before getting naked and having sex in front of a camera, porn stars have to go through three checks - all for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases
The Hunt for Ebola
A CDC team races to Uganda just days after an outbreak of the killer virus to try to pinpoint exactly how it is transmitted to humans
If You Eat Too Much Silver, Your Skin Acts Like a Black-and-White Photo
A complex chemical reaction is responsible for argyria, the condition in which a person turns a deep shade of blue
In Sandy’s Wake, Watch Out for Pollution
Potentially contaminated water pooled in the streets could be a health risk
Women Can’t Do Pull Ups? Not So Fast
With enough training and determination, women can do pull-ups
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