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Self-proclaimed gluten sensitivity is on the rise, and so is the stereotype that it goes along with being a politically…
One in six US adults binge drinks, consuming about seven drinks per binge. A new study can predict which mice are hardwired…
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Mention fungi and most people think of eating mushrooms or yeasts in bread or beer. But fungi are now on the CDC's list…
How do we know that bees were around when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth? The main evidence comes from fossils – the…
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Destruction of rainforests through wildfires or deforestation may harm human health. As these forests disappear, we may…
There's really no reason you can't use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working…
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Apollo 11 tends to steal the spotlight when it comes to lunar landings. But Apollo 12 was the first mission to make a precise…
One hundred years ago, the inventor of the most deadly weapon of the 20th century was born in Russia. Now more than 100…
Engineers predict a time when people and robots physically interact all day long. For that to happen safely will require…
Talk of bioterrorism might provoke fears of smallpox and anthrax, but mundane threats like salmonella may pose greater danger.…
People caught and died from plague long before it caused major epidemics like the Black Death in the middle ages. Could…