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Neanderthal genes may be making some people's skulls more elongated -- they may also explain some modern human brain evolution.
Flu vaccines also offer protection against heart failure.
"Basically, every meal that you're eating alone is a missed opportunity to connect to someone," the authors say.
With great empathy comes great stress as well!
We're still not sure what lying does to the brain.
It's delicious, sure -- but cook it before you eat it.
"Sorry, we can't hire you, you don't have the qualifications."
It's never too late to start exercising -- and the results are impressive.
The staggering biosphere living inside the crust is twice the size of that living in the oceans.
This is far from being a final drug, but it's still extremely exciting.
Smarts, we got'em!
Finally, a use for wasps.
Countries need to account for health in all cost-benefit analyses of climate change mitigation.
The remains of a 20-year-old woman found in Sweden may help scientists retrace the origin of the deadly disease.
'It's so cute, I'm gonna die!'
Yay or nay?
The old that is strong does not wither!
It's almost as good as the state of the art point-of-care diagnosis.
You might wanna reconsider getting hammered at that party.
The good news, researchers say, is that there's a simple allergy test you can take.
In other places, such as Europe, measles is resurfacing because parents are refusing to vaccinate their children.
Spoiler alert: sugar doesn't cause diabetes.
We're entering a new age of scientific breakthrough, and this could be absolutely huge.
A brilliant way to use a natural danger to our advantage.
The whole odd affair is unprecedented.
Could you... please not, bacteria?
The global disease burden of meningitis remains unacceptably high.
The bottom line: eat more plants!
An important study that leads us one step closer to understanding the biology that underpins ADHD.
Personal experience tells me we should pay heed to these findings.
Get lost, deadly virus.
A discovery that's set to rewrite textbooks on biology.
In space, no one can hear you sneeze.
This means that roughly 1 million cases of asthma are preventable.
A significant portion of most people's DNA is Neanderthal.
Against international best practices, researchers in China claim to have facilitated the birth of twin girls whose DNA had been altered with gene editing tools.
A breakthrough research could be turned into a novel anti-cancer therapy, without chemo's side effects.
The human brain copes poorly with microgravity -- and that's a big problem for space flight.
Finding a new region of the brain in this day and age is every neuroscientist's dream come true.
The results are particularly concerning for one demographic.
A huge number of people risks having inadequate access to life-saving treatment.
Thanksgiving does not always go as planned especially if you get sick with the flu or gastroenteritis (sometimes called “stomach flu”) or food poisoning.
This explains some things...
Things don't get much hotter (and spicier) than this.
In videos that touch the surreal, scientists image not only organs and tissue but also substances as they move through the human body.
Bone growth had previously been somewhat of a mystery.
Static exercises seem to outperform dynamic exercises in terms of improving heart health.
A peanut a day keeps peanuts away.
The science is clear: the “right” age to have a child according to your biological clock is under 35 for women and under 40 for men.
Many parents do this without much thought -- but they may be on to something.
