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A deadly Australia eastern brown snake
Animals

Don’t bring us the snake that bit you, Australian hospital says

By Harri Weber

Alexander Milton Ross
Health

The bombastic 19th-century anti-vaxxer who fueled Montreal’s smallpox epidemic

By Sabrina Sholts / MIT Press Reader

photo of young boy on an illustrated backdrop with the words "The boy who lost his arm--and got it back"
Health

The world’s first successful limb re-attachment is a fascinating story of science and human ingenuity

By Popular Science Team

Vitamin D capsule in the sun
Health

Should you take vitamin D? Here’s the science

By Katarina Zimmer / Knowable Magazine

An ice cream sandwich made between two cookies with sprinkles on the outside close-up
Health

Amazon has a bulk snack sale going on just in time for 4/20

By Stan Horaczek

getting lost
Health

Why do some people always get lost?

By Bob Holmes / Knowable Magazine

Dog sitting in nature in sunglasses
Ask Us Anything

Are you wearing the right sunglasses? How to prevent eye sunburn.

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

supplements on a spoon
Health

3 marketing myths the supplement industry wants you to swallow

By Katie Suleta / The Conversation

A lineup of the best headphones for working out on a white background
Audio

The best headphones for working out in 2024, tested and reviewed

By Julian Vittorio

Best gallon water bottles
Fitness & Exercise

The best gallon water bottles in 2024

By Brandon Russell

A lineup of the best compression socks on a white background
Fitness Gear

The best compression socks of 2024

By Stacey L. Nash, Amanda Reed

shelled and unshelled peanuts on a table
Food Safety

After 100 years, new guidelines propose rules for common food allergy treatment

By Laura Baisas

a couple wearing glasses sits on the grass watching the eclipse
DIY

How to look at the eclipse without damaging your eyes

By Claire Maldarelli

A case of Premier Protein shakes on a plain bacckground with other protein powders next to it
Fitness & Exercise

Stock up on protein shakes and powders from Dymatize and Premier for 30% off at Amazon right now

By Stan Horaczek

an yellow-ish bag of liver cells in a suspension.
Diseases

Experimental treatment grows livers from lymph nodes

By Laura Baisas

Users wearing BCI cap to play video game
AI

This cap is a big step towards universal, noninvasive brain-computer interfaces

By Andrew Paul

a women blows her nose into a facial tissue while standing next to blooming white flowers
Climate Change

Spring allergy season is off to an even earlier start this year

By Laura Baisas

Why isn’t dental health considered primary medical care?
Health

Why isn’t dental health considered primary medical care?

By Lola Butcher / Knowable Magazine

The best chairs for lumbar support composited
Fitness & Exercise

The best office chairs for back support in 2024

By Ingrid Alt

Yuhang Hu working on Emo robot head
AI

A robot named ‘Emo’ can out-smile you by 840 milliseconds

By Andrew Paul

Black Sennheiser Conversation Clear Plus sound amplification earbuds sitting in their case on a table at Padaek Arlington restaurant with Laab and Paa Tawd
Audio

Breaking through the noise

By Heather Kuldell

person taking photos of themselves in the dark
AI

Please think twice before letting AI scan your penis for STIs

By Andrew Paul

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship the Nimrod, among the ice in McMurdo's Sound, Antarctica.
Agriculture

Cracking open a 117-year-old Antarctic milk time capsule

By Laura Baisas

two sets of legs walking on a wooden boardwalk
DIY

The benefits of barefoot shoes: A beginner’s guide

By Alisha McDarris

Black licorice
Health

Black licorice can be dangerous for your health

By Bill Sullivan / The Conversation

The best smart home gyms for 2024
Fitness & Exercise

The best smart home gyms for 2024

By Nick Hilden

Microscopic image of virus cell impaled on silicon wafer needles
Diseases

New material neutralizes 96-percent of virus cells using nanospikes

By Andrew Paul

dairy cows eating animal feed
Agriculture

Bird flu detected in dairy cow milk samples

By Laura Baisas

The psychology of why video game farming is so satisfying
Health

The psychology of why video game farming is so satisfying

By Ian Walker

Sliced earplugs for concerts header
Audio

The best earplugs for concerts in 2024

By Sarah Jones

a prehistoric tooth in a lab
Archaeology

Rare traces of tooth decay and gum disease found in Bronze Age teeth

By Laura Baisas

Bladder sensor next to smartphone displaying its app
Engineering

This implant will tell a smartphone app when you need to pee

By Andrew Paul

illustration of two people in bed, one sleeping, one awake
DIY

How to fix your sleep schedule without pulling an all-nighter

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

surgeons in an operating room
Animals

Surgeons complete first-ever gene-edited pig kidney transplant

By Mack DeGeurin

Telehealth sites promise cure for ‘male menopause’ despite FDA ban on off-label ads
Health

Telehealth sites promise cure for ‘male menopause’ despite FDA ban on off-label ads

By Michael Scaturro / KFF Health News

Neuralink logo on smartphone
Health

Neuralink shows first human patient using brain implant to play online chess

By Andrew Paul

Closeup of an eye
Health

What you need to know about cataract surgery

By Allan Steigleman and Elizabeth M. Hofmeister / The Conversation

High traffic road with signs and light trails on sunset
Climate Change

EPA says over half of all new cars must be EVs or hybrids by 2032

By Andrew Paul

A rally to honor George Floyd
Health

As more states target disavowed ‘excited delirium’ diagnosis, police groups push back

By Renuka Rayasam / KFF Health News

Woman talking with nurse chatbot on iPad
AI

Silicon Valley wants to deploy AI nursebots to handle your care

By Andrew Paul

a sign outside of a construction site reads "danger, asbestos removal in progress"
Diseases

EPA rule finally bans the most common form of asbestos

By Laura Baisas

human remains uncovered in Sweden.
Archaeology

Kissing and eating during the Stone Age ‘could be lethal’

By Laura Baisas

A pair of mountain goats camera trapped walking along a hiking trail near Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Canada.
Animals

Nature wasn’t healing: What really happened with wildlife during pandemic lockdowns

By Lauren Leffer

three colored bamboo toothbrushes in a ceramic glass on green background
Ask Us Anything

To rinse or not to rinse? You might be brushing your teeth wrong.

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle is pictured during a 2018 spacewalk to swap out a degraded robotic hand on the Canadarm2.
Health

‘Space headaches’ could be a real pain for astronauts

By Laura Baisas

A lineup of the best sex toys on a white background
Gear

The best sex toys in 2024, tested and reviewed

By Amanda Reed

woman lays on blue table with two robot arms touching her back
Fitness & Exercise

A robot tried to give me ‘the world’s most advanced massage’

By Annie Colbert

The long battle over fluoride comes to a head
Health

The long battle over fluoride comes to a head

By Michael Schulson/Undark

Child getting medicine from parent
Health

Your child’s medicine probably wasn’t fully vetted. Here’s why.

By Frieda Klotz / Undark

Concept of human intelligence with human brain on blue background
Health

VR and electric brain stimulation show promise for treating PTSD

By Andrew Paul

a collage featuring a head being drilled into
Health

A history of trepanning: Why do we put holes in our skulls?

By Popular Science Team

Close-up of senior woman holding a modern hearing aid
Health

Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults, but necessary

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs
Health

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs

By Bill Gourgey

a woman in a pushup position on the floor
DIY

A beginner-friendly guide to the perfect push-up

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A doctor puts a bandage on the upper arm of a senior citizen.
COVID-19

CDC recommends Americans 65 and over get additional COVID-19 vaccine

By Laura Baisas

Varda W-1 capsule reentry video screenshot
Diseases

Watch the plasma fly in space capsule’s dramatic fall to Earth

By Andrew Paul

A syringe with a measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine next to its packaging.
Diseases

How to check your measles vaccination status amid outbreak

By Laura Baisas

Pigs in sty at factory farm
Agriculture

Gene-edited pigs immune to deadly virus could arrive on farms by next year

By Andrew Paul

Everything you need to know about cholesterol
Health

Everything you need to know about cholesterol

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

Washington puzzles over AI in health care
AI

Washington puzzles over AI in health care

By Darius Tahir / KFF Health News

Why scientists are worried about Neuralink
Health

Why scientists are worried about Neuralink

By Nancy S. Jecker and Andrew Ko / The Conversation

a person sitting at a computer stretches their arm behind their head
DIY

5 stretches for relieving ‘tech neck,’ according to physical therapists

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Geneticist Chris Mason (right), Evan Afshin (center), and Sofia Ahsanuddin (left) sample turnstiles in New York City’s subway system in June 2016. Their swabs pick up cells that humans, animals, and microorganisms naturally shed, leaving behind genetic fingerprints.
Health

The uncharted world of emerging pathogens

By Rene Ebersole / Undark

An array of the best sex toys for couples on a white fuzzy carpet.
Biology

The best sex toys for couples, tested and reviewed

By Amanda Reed

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