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The Black Death helped reveal how long humans have polluted the planet
Climate Change

The Black Death helped reveal how long humans have polluted the planet

By Kate Baggaley

productive while sleeping
Health

Is there a way to be productive while I sleep?

By reporting by Aparna Nathan, Claire Maldarelli, and Sara Kiley Watson

Scientists want to use your cell phone data and pee to track drug use
Health

Scientists want to use your cell phone data and pee to track drug use

By Sara Chodosh

alcohol after party
Health

Is my drinking normal, or could I be an alcoholic?

By Sara Chodosh

It’s actually really dangerous to go down a slide with your kid
Health

It’s actually really dangerous to go down a slide with your kid

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Girl soccer players are five times more likely to return to the game after a concussion than boys
Health

Girl soccer players are five times more likely to return to the game after a concussion than boys

By Nicole Wetsman

Focusing on soccer may have a troubling effect on teenage girls
Health

Focusing on soccer may have a troubling effect on teenage girls

By Nicole Wetsman

Infections during pregnancy may help autism develop—and scientists are finally figuring out why
Health

Infections during pregnancy may help autism develop—and scientists are finally figuring out why

By Claire Maldarelli

There is no evidence that flu vaccines cause miscarriages
Health

There is no evidence that flu vaccines cause miscarriages

By Sara Chodosh

We know shockingly little about the effects of drinking during pregnancy
Health

We know shockingly little about the effects of drinking during pregnancy

By Sara Chodosh

A stroke took away this neuroscientist’s sense of past and future
Health

A stroke took away this neuroscientist’s sense of past and future

By As told to Sophie Bushwick

Cleaning with bleach might increase your chance of getting COPD. How worried should you be?
Health

Cleaning with bleach might increase your chance of getting COPD. How worried should you be?

By Sara Chodosh

You can actually be allergic to exercise
Fitness & Exercise

You can actually be allergic to exercise

By Nicole Wetsman

Your routines might be screwing with your body. Here’s how to fix it.
DIY

Your routines might be screwing with your body. Here’s how to fix it.

By Claire Maldarelli

Heart Disease
DIY

Your schedule could be killing you

By Leslie Kaufman

Premature babies get worse healthcare if they’re not white
Health

Premature babies get worse healthcare if they’re not white

By Nicole Wetsman

PETA thinks vegans should donate their poop to those in need
Health

PETA thinks vegans should donate their poop to those in need

By Rachel Feltman

High fat diets may make mice live longer—but you (probably) shouldn’t live on butter
Health

High fat diets may make mice live longer—but you (probably) shouldn’t live on butter

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Reading this headline might make you yawn. Here’s why.
Health

Reading this headline might make you yawn. Here’s why.

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Scientists want to turn our gut bacteria into medicine
Diabetes

Scientists want to turn our gut bacteria into medicine

By Claire Maldarelli

Checking yourself for melanomas? You might not be looking for the right thing.
Cancer

Checking yourself for melanomas? You might not be looking for the right thing.

By Sara Chodosh

Even more evidence that we’re eating all wrong
Health

Even more evidence that we’re eating all wrong

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

The FDA just approved a game-changing cancer treatment
Cancer

The FDA just approved a game-changing cancer treatment

By Claire Maldarelli

confused man in bed
Health

Female orgasms aren’t all that mysterious

By Sara Chodosh

This troubling tennis trend is keeping players out of the U.S. Open
Health

This troubling tennis trend is keeping players out of the U.S. Open

By Nicole Wetsman

The FDA says ecstasy is a ‘breakthrough’ drug for PTSD patients
Health

The FDA says ecstasy is a ‘breakthrough’ drug for PTSD patients

By Sara Chodosh

couch on fire
Health

Flame retardants may be messing with women’s fertility—and they’re in way more than yoga mats

By Sara Chodosh

The gut microbes of modern hunter-gatherers reveal one big problem with your diet
Biology

The gut microbes of modern hunter-gatherers reveal one big problem with your diet

By Claire Maldarelli

You’re throwing away the healthiest part of the avocado
Health

You’re throwing away the healthiest part of the avocado

By Sara Chodosh

Taking loads of vitamin B could increase your risk of lung cancer
Cancer

Taking loads of vitamin B could increase your risk of lung cancer

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

green eye close up
Health

Did staring at the eclipse damage my eyes?

By Sara Chodosh

woman in sun
Health

7 things happening in health and science today that aren’t the eclipse

By Sara Chodosh

Does a fever always mean you have an infection?
Ask Us Anything

Does a fever always mean you have an infection?

By Cassidy Mayeda

A lot of people are getting injured while shaving their pubic hair
Health

A lot of people are getting injured while shaving their pubic hair

By Sara Chodosh

operating room with doctors
Cancer

Cancer is way more likely to kill you if you rely on ‘natural’ therapies

By Sara Chodosh

Beauty standards are literally toxic for women of color
Health

Beauty standards are literally toxic for women of color

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Yes, you can still get the bubonic plague. Here’s what to look out for.
Diseases

Yes, you can still get the bubonic plague. Here’s what to look out for.

By Sara Chodosh

What can genetic testing really tell you?
Ask Us Anything

What can genetic testing really tell you?

By Aparna Nathan

This protein makes your heart fit without actually exercising it
Diseases

This protein makes your heart fit without actually exercising it

By Sara Kiley Watson

Your kitchen sponge could have more bacteria than a toilet seat
Health

Your kitchen sponge could have more bacteria than a toilet seat

By Sara Kiley Watson

An extra dose of this longevity hormone helped make mice smarter
Health

An extra dose of this longevity hormone helped make mice smarter

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

This woman swallowed her braces 10 years ago and didn’t know it
Health

This woman swallowed her braces 10 years ago and didn’t know it

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Growing skin in a lab has benefits for humans and turtles alike
Animals

Growing skin in a lab has benefits for humans and turtles alike

By Kate Baggaley

What to do with your pet if you need to evacuate
Animals

What to do with your pet if you need to evacuate

By Sara Kiley Watson

U.S. researchers have used gene editing to combat heart disease in human embryos
Gene Editing

U.S. researchers have used gene editing to combat heart disease in human embryos

By Claire Maldarelli

handful of pills
Health

The three types of supplements you should never buy

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Scientists are trying to treat autoimmune disease with intestinal worms
Animals

Scientists are trying to treat autoimmune disease with intestinal worms

By Kate Baggaley

This “map” could change the way we treat cancer
Cancer

This “map” could change the way we treat cancer

By Claire Maldarelli

Future surgeons might patch you up with synthetic slug secretions
Health

Future surgeons might patch you up with synthetic slug secretions

By Mary Beth Griggs

tuskegee study subject
Health

The Tuskegee Study reminds us that transparency in government science is vital

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

It looks like we’re one step closer to creating genetically modified humans in a lab
Gene Editing

It looks like we’re one step closer to creating genetically modified humans in a lab

By Sara Chodosh

You may not need to finish your antibiotics (but you probably still should)
Health

You may not need to finish your antibiotics (but you probably still should)

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Why the latest study on football players’ brains is so important
Diseases

Why the latest study on football players’ brains is so important

By Claire Maldarelli

There may be something weird going on with Western men’s sperm
Climate Change

There may be something weird going on with Western men’s sperm

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Chemicals lurking in household dust may prime cells to store fat
Health

Chemicals lurking in household dust may prime cells to store fat

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

What’s actually in that Viagra coffee you keep hearing about (and why it’s dangerous)
Health

What’s actually in that Viagra coffee you keep hearing about (and why it’s dangerous)

By Sara Chodosh

Cancer vaccine
Health

How fentanyl is making deadly drugs even deadlier

By Aparna Nathan

Sniffing insulin might help people eat less
Diabetes

Sniffing insulin might help people eat less

By Marissa Shieh

injured hiker
DIY

What to do if you break your leg in the middle of nowhere

By Kate Baggaley

Doctors are wearing the new Google Glass while seeing patients
Gear

Doctors are wearing the new Google Glass while seeing patients

By Rob Verger

How worried should I really be about carcinogens?
Ask Us Anything

How worried should I really be about carcinogens?

By Aparna Nathan

vitamin pills
Health

If you’re taking vitamin D, you’re probably taking too much

By Sara Chodosh

Why doctors are still studying JFK’s chronic back pain
Health

Why doctors are still studying JFK’s chronic back pain

By Kate Baggaley

Mac-n-cheese probably isn’t more toxic than other foods
Health

Mac-n-cheese probably isn’t more toxic than other foods

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

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