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The Inconvenient Immigration of Chikungunya
The FDA just authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine
What Effect Do Telomeres Have on the Aging Process?
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Painless Laser Tissue Analysis Could Replace X-Rays Within Five Years
Pig Heart Transplants For Humans Are On The Way
Invention Awards 2014: Seal Combat Wounds In 15 Seconds
The Month In Plagues: A Deadly Fungus, Genetically-Engineered Mosquitoes, And More
The New DNA Test That Could Replace Pap Smears
See how much sugar is packed into ‘healthy’ food
Diabetic Men May Soon Be Able to Grow Their Own Insulin-Making Cells
How Two Americans Got An Untested Ebola Treatment
US COVID-19 testing rates have plummeted
Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine just passed the FDA’s final test
New York City’s trans fat ban really did keep people out of the hospital
CDC Confirms First Case of MERS Within U.S.
A Simple, Tentacle-Like Prosthesis Gets a Grip, to Leave the Biological Hand Free
Yes, you can improve your memory. Here’s how.
Scientists Use Stem Cells To Create Mice With Two Genetic Fathers
Rejuvenating Effect Found In Blood Of Young Mice
Reemergence Of Polio Is A Global Health Risk
How Did The Deadliest Strain Of Ebola Travel From Central To West Africa?
Birth Control Pills Shown to Alter Structure of Women’s Brains
High-fructose corn syrup vs. sugar: Which is actually worse?
Archive Gallery: Wildly Experimental Medical Procedures
In a World First, German Doctors Capture MRI Images of Live Childbirth
Many Fraudulent Stem Cell Beauty Treatments Are Being Sold Online
Why Would You Put Brominated Vegetable Oil in Soda?
Infant Possibilities
How long do microbes like bacteria and viruses live on surfaces in the home at normal room temperatures?
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Prototype exoskeleton helps the elderly keep their balance
Enzymatic Plaque Inhibitor Could Put an End to Cavities
Subtle, Yet Sexy: How Pheromones Can Change Your Perception of Attractiveness
Magnetic Brain Stimulation May Trump Drugs For Severe Depression
Testing The Best: A Weekend With Mobilegs Crutches
Blood Test Could Detect A Genetic Tendency Toward Suicide
What kids know—and don’t know—about COVID-19
Eating soy does not make men grow boobs
What actually causes body odor?
Laser Light Could Make Flu Vaccine 7 Times More Effective
Video: New Microscopy Method Can Shoot Real-Time Footage at the Subcellular Level
Whatever Happened to Francis Crick?
2 Percent Of People Can Multitask Well. Are You A Supertasker?
How the pandemic has helped and hurt animals around the world
Penguins Found With Bird Flu Virus, For The First Time
Better Know A Plague: Smallpox
Access to at-home COVID-19 tests will soon become way easier
A novel drug to prevent Lyme disease is now being tested in humans
In New Study, MRI Scans First Provide Way To Diagnose Autism with Near Perfect Accuracy
Why basic biology is so important in biomedical research
What’s the healthiest way to eat a vegetable?
Utah Study Shows Progress In Spray-On Stem Cell Healing Tech
Meet RatCar, a Japanese Robot Car Controlled By a Rat’s Brain
The Fight Against Fake Birth Control
Common Webcams Could Be Used to Continuously Monitor Your Vital Signs
Caffeine and a good night’s rest could help treat chronic pain (at least in mice)
Misconceptions About Conception
Was Quarantine The Right Move?
Micro-Engraved Lenses Give Perfect Vision to Both Near- and Far-Sighted Eyes
Are ultra-long airplane flights bad for your health?
Reading with your baby will help her for the rest of her life
Running might be kind of contagious
Can you ‘deprogram’ people who join cults?
Harvard Reverses Aging Process in Mice, Could Lead to Human Anti-Aging Treatments
The Women Who Removed Birds From People’s Hats