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We’re getting better at treating COVID-19
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Teen bootleggers are making dangerous booze on TikTok
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A mysterious cluster of deaths amongst Amish children has finally been solved
Congress is putting money toward gun violence research for the first time in decades
Why turkeys circle dead things—the creepy vigil, explained
The CDC knows why U.S. life expectancy keeps dropping—but no one knows how to stop it
These states want you to eat more roadkill
This deadly mushroom can literally shrink your brain—and it’s probably more widespread than we thought
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After busting through a glass ceiling, Maya the agave plant is dying as dramatically as possible
Dark matter has never killed anyone, and scientists want to know why
The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections
Changing your diet and taking supplements may not do anything for your heart health
The weirdest things we learned this week: virgin births, composted humans, and naked South Pole scientists
We need a greener way to die
A third of youth firearm deaths could be prevented without taking away a single gun
Mourning a fictional character is perfectly valid
The weirdest things we learned this week: Blood-thirsty Bambi and 12-foot-tall birds
The weirdest things we learned this week: you can mummify yourself to death and Disney is full of military tech
Hate the gym? Grow a garden instead.
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The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly molasses and the best way to battle cattle
Your ashes might say more about you than you’d think
You’re now more likely to die from opioids than in a car crash
How to prepare your digital life for your inevitable death
New data shows that Fentanyl kills more people than heroin
The holiday season can be deadly for hospital patients
A ‘male’ octopus surprised its keepers with a cloud of 10,000 babies
The spookiest things we learned this week
As states scramble to find execution drugs, experts say it’s time to let lethal injection die
You really can be scared to death—here’s how
Cemeteries are the perfect spot to track our planet’s demise
Mount Vesuvius murdered its victims in more brutal ways than we thought
We can’t blame Hurricane Maria’s high death toll on the storm
Certain weather makes you more likely to get a rattlesnake bite
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Guess which two countries account for a third of all gun deaths
The weirdest things we learned this week: skin-peeling soup, secret drug toilets, and a chlorinated ocean
Death by yeast infection, and other strange ways to go
How whale corpses feed ocean floors
Why suicide is on the rise in the U.S.—even as it falls in Europe
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Run, don’t walk, to see New York City’s latest corpse flower bloom
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