The science of the "vampire facial"
It's a phobia, but other phobias don't give you that same woozy feeling.
If it does, it's all in your head.
By Daniel Engber
Posted 03.01.2013 at 12:00 pm
A tragic blaze in an Oregon hospital erupted from hand sanitizer earlier this month. Should you be worried?
By Rose Conry
Posted 02.22.2013 at 5:45 pm
Yes, but it takes a long, long time.
By Daniel Engber
Posted 02.18.2013 at 1:00 pm
And what, if anything, could’ve prevented it?
By Rose Conry
Posted 02.05.2013 at 12:00 pm
Got a twitch in your eyelid, arm, or leg? Wondering where the hell it comes from and how to get rid of it? Answers within.
There's no scientific evidence to support the conventional wisdom that women wounded in combat would destroy male soldiers' morale and performance.
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The key is in surface moisture.
By Daniel Engber
Posted 01.24.2013 at 11:00 am
The most dangerous pollutant might not even be known yet.
By Daniel Engber
Posted 01.22.2013 at 11:00 am
An illustrated explanation of why the world's most obnoxious virus at least doesn't stick around all year.
A deadly outbreak of cholera followed the 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti three years ago this week.
Jonathan Katz, the only American fulltime staff reporter stationed in Haiti at the time, explains what caused the outbreak--and why it was anything but inevitable.
By Jonathan M. Katz
Posted 01.07.2013 at 11:00 am
In part, we’re really just going back to our caveman roots.
By Melody Chandler
Posted 12.31.2012 at 11:00 am
And if we combined the two, what extraordinary intelligence would they be capable of?
By Will Grunewald
Posted 12.26.2012 at 12:00 pm
One intrepid Popular Science editor eschews antiperspirant for a week to see if Deo candy really works.
