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Found: First U.S. Patient To Get MERS Without Traveling To The Middle East
From the archives: How to stay fit and live longer, according to a 1920s authority on exercise
Old dogs need to learn new tricks. Here’s why.
The Medical and Microbiological Consequences of Alcohol Abuse
Returning to normal life is going to be a slow and steady process
Wanted: Uteruses To Populate Space Colony
What We Can Learn From Humans Who Don’t Age
Mysterious Kawasaki Disease May Be Carried By The Wind
If A Girl Isn’t Interested In Science, It’s Not Because She’s A Girl
Pregnant women shouldn’t be afraid to take antibiotics
What Does It Take To Make Meat From Stem Cells?
The Forgotten Woman Who Made Microbiology Possible
For The First Time, Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Are Released Into The Wild
Apparently the end of the world is going to make us all work out more
New Drug Blocks Stress Hormone, Improving Memory in Elderly Mice
World’s Largest Video Protein Database Promises Rapid Drug Development
What Happens When Mice Eat Nothing But Powdered Food
Video: Nurse Robot Gives Human A Sponge Bath, With Just the Right Amount of Force
Data-Broadcasting Chip-on-a-Pill to Start Testing Within 18 Months
Diagnosis of STDs Could Be As Quick As Peeing On A Chip And Putting It In Your Phone
New at PopSci: Some Competition For The Pap Smear
5 Questions About The Smallpox Vials Found In Maryland
The Science And History Of A Pesticide-Turned-Diet Pill
How hot peppers and marijuana could help cure gut problems
Can a DNA Test for HPV Replace the Pap Smear?
You’re vaccinated. Now what?
Study Shows Some Evidence Of Human Precognitive Powers
We May One Day Go Viral For That Perfect Smile
The End Is Nigh For the Guinea Worm
Lead Author Agrees To Retract A Milestone Stem Cell Paper
New Fuel-Free System Moves Objects By Dissolving Them At One End and Rebuilding Them At The Other
Smartphone-controlled cells release insulin on demand in diabetic mice
Long-term COVID-19 symptoms are even more common than we thought
How It Works: A System That Reverses Paralysis
We now have the power to make bones nearly invisible
Researchers Transform Skin Cells Directly Into Blood Cells
Out Today: The First Catalog Of All The Proteins In The Human Body
This ‘artificial womb’ is like science fiction—but uteruses aren’t out of a job yet
How DNA Scissors Can Perform Surgery Directly On Your Genes
4 benefits of eating mushrooms
A year of pandemic life, as told by the things we Googled
A Remote-Controlled Birth Control Implant
Bandage Changes Color to Indicate State of Wound Underneath
The best way to prevent arm pain from using your phone too much
A placebo really can mend a broken heart
Identifying Insects By The Music Of Their Wings
In Japanese Study, Stem Cell Injections Shown to Provide Simple Route to Breast Augmentation
Smallpox Discovered In An Old Lab Freezer
Antibody Treatment Developed For Dogs With Cancer
Cancer Screening Can Do More Harm Than Good
The Age of Antibiotics Is Over
12 months of pandemic life in 12 photographs
Affordable DIY MRI Shows How We Really Breathe
With Chip Implanted In Retina, Blind Finnish Man Can Read
Electrocardiogram-Equipped Cell Phone Allows Remote Monitoring
A low-carb diet doesn’t guarantee weight loss
FDA Calculates How Much Pleasure Americans Lose By Not Smoking
Scientists May Have Discovered a Cure for the Common Cold (and Lots of Other Viruses)
The Month In Plagues: A Polio Emergency, A Tornado of Mosquitoes, And More
How It Works: Putting Humans In Suspended Animation
Daily Rub-On Contraceptive Skin Gel Could Replace The Pill
Toon Town’s Surgeon General
Inhalable Vitamins Make Pill-Popping A Quaint 20th-Century Ritual
Mind-Reading Scanner Could Record and Analyze Dreams, Says Brain Researcher
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