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Sugar free candies coming out of the bag on white background.

Can you eat too much sugar free candy? Short answer: Yes.

By Cat Rainsford

a microscope image of a parasite. it is round and red

What to know about the rise in cyclosporiasis cases

By Brandon Brown, Iqbal Pittalwala

Japanese man dressed in soccer swag cries in close up after team loses.

4 ways being a soccer fan messes with your body

By Clarissa Brincat

MADRID, SPAIN - 2023/04/14: A Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), also known as aoudad, pictured in its enclosure at Madrid Zoo. (Photo by Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Invasive sheep brought to US after WWII are making Texas bighorns sick

The tick is removed with tweezers from the baby's skin.

The dos and don’ts of removing a tick

A head shot of a pretty Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) on a blurred green background.

Pigeons are surprisingly good at detecting cancer

By Clarissa Brincat

a vet examines a lion on a surgery table

Lion undergoes double cataract surgery

By Margherita Bassi

an illustration of a sunscreen bottle shaped like a smartphone drips sunscreen into the palm of a person's hand, with the sun blazing down

Lies about sunscreen do really well on social media

By Mack DeGeurin

a painting of a young woman standing in a clamshell with angels around her

The real woman behind Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’ died at only 23

By Laura Baisas

a black and white photograph of two skeletons in a grave

Oldest traces of plague discovered in prehistoric teens buried in Russia

By Margherita Bassi

a tick in a toilet with a red circle with a line through it

Don’t flush ticks down the toilet

By Laura Baisas

A Raccoon walking along the edge of water fishing for food

Raccoons might be spreading diarrhea-causing bacteria in Japan

a brown tick on a blade of grass

Fact or myth? Ticks can drop out of trees like paratroopers.

By Margherita Bassi

a mosquito biting human skin

Mosquitoes can learn that DEET means dinner is served

By Laura Baisas

Mature woman suffering from hot flashes using hand fan, cooling down at home.

What happens inside your body during a hot flash

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Caution tape blocks the entrance of a bathroom.

7 ways toilets have killed people

By Andrew Coletti

Young black girl with buck teeth eating a big red and white lollipop. She's wearing a yellow shirt with overalls.

No, sugar doesn’t actually cause cavities

Egyptian fruit bat hanging upside down on black background

People keep trespassing near cave filled with bats infected by Ebola’s cousin

Healthcare, hand and iv with a patient in a hospital bed for recovery or rehabilitation closeup. Medical, wellness and treatment with a sick person lying in a clinic on a saline solution drip.

Parasitic sleeping sickness creates ‘invisibility cloak’ to hide in humans for years

An Ixodes tick (left). An Asian tiger mosquito. (right)

What a cold winter means for ticks and mosquitoes

By Laura Baisas