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Living near a crowded street seems to increase dementia risk

Move away from the busy roads.

Physical activity, whether or not it's exercise, makes you happier

Move if you want to be happy!

A minority of women go through extreme PMS - and now we know why

Researchers have discovered that a minority of women go through severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms due to a hormonal abnormality.

Human teenagers and young worms can be just as ambivalent and erratic

According to this study, teenage brains are more flexible.

Memories for opposing behaviors are stored in the same parts of the brain, study finds

One step closer to understanding memory.

Seahorses have the fastest evolving genome

Seahorses are even more spectacular than we thought.

Can you catch a bullet like you can catch a cold? Intriguing study looks at gun violence under epidemiology lens

Is gun violence contagious?

Why putting cotton swabs and other 'pointy' things inside your ear is a bad idea

Seriously, don't.

Meet the new organ of the human body: the mesentery

It's the 79th organ in the human body.

Scientists use Pokemon to show how to improve human memory

Gotta remember them all!

Thinking with your hands can help you find new ways to solve problems

An innovative study challenges the idea that all thinking is done in the head.

Your brain might have a specific circuit for political arguments

Almost all political arguments are futile. Here's why.

Ugly, marred apples are more nutritious than their 'perfect' counterparts

They're just as - if not even more - delicious.

Frequent sauna seems to protect from dementia and Alzheimer's, new study shows

Finnish people sure love their sauna - and there could be a good reason for that.

Brain network that picks words from the background noise revealed

Our brains are really good at sifting through information.

Six big pharmaceutical companies accused of price fixing

Big pharma has a bad name... and they seem to want to keep it.

Non-toxic spray stops mosquitoes from reproducing, halts spread of malaria

We now have a new weapon against the malaria-causing parasite.

Legumes are more filling than meat, better for your waist and the planet

Where's my fork?

Optimistic women live more, new study finds

An encouraging study conducted by Harvard researchers found that having an optimistic outlook on life may help people to live longer.

The mysterious Inca practice of multiple-trepanation

We all feel like drilling a hole inside our skulls sometimes, but the Inca literally meant it.

Why undercooked chicken meat can cause paralysis

Don't go overboard with tonight's dinner, though.

Scientists fed a game into players' brains to pave the way for artificial senses

Just plug the console right into my head then, pleasethankyou!

Anti-smoking images on cigarette packs are twice as effective than text-only, 'smoking kills' labels

A picture a thousand 'smoking kills' words.

UK pushes forth with sugar tax

The United Kingdom has announced drafts for a sugar tax set to begin in April 2018, addressing the country's growing obesity problems.

To HEK with diabetes: new cell capsule could treat the condition with 0 insulin shots

It's like a pacemaker for your insulin.

Texas abortion leaflets contain unscientific, misleading information

The pamphlets are disturbing and nonscientific.

Revolutionary HIV vaccine to be tested on 600 people next year

We may be zooming in on a vaccine.

Mummified child found in 17th century Lithuanian crypt might crack the mystery of smallpox virus

Though smallpox is now extinct, we need to learn about the origin of the virus.

For $20, high school students create medicine which sells for between $35,000 and $110,000

We all know drugs are overpriced, but do you have any idea just how overpriced they are?

Half of people 'remember' fake facts that never happened

A new study casts some doubt on something very personal: our memories.

Sea slugs can't remember their dreams -- and here's why you can't, either

At least we have notebooks to write them down. Sea slugs? Not so much.

Time to update the Paleo Diet -- it was heavy on plants and veggies, archaeologists found

Best enjoyed with a stone fork from a bark plate.

The U.S. public doesn't trust scientists over GMO foods, Pew report says

More like GMOhno!

Scientists find the supergene that codes the reproductive traits of flowers

The genes that code sexual diversity in flowers.

UK scientists inch closer to three-parent babies

We're living in the future.

FDA approves final trial before Ecstasy can be prescribed for PTSD

MDMA is no longer 'just a party drug.'

Poor sleep costs U.S. economy $411 billion

How to make money in your sleep -- just do it.

Chromosomes turn out to be half genes, half mysterious coating

That's a lot of coat.

Gene variant that makes people less inclined to drink alcohol might help treat addiction

Genetic influence on drinking is real.

That urge to complete other people's sentences? Turns out the brain has its own Auto Correct

In the hippocampus -- which is weird, because we didn't think it had anything to do with talking.

Parents might soon watch their unborn babies grow up in 3D

Modern technology is impressive, extremely useful, and sometimes a bit disturbing.

Depression and anxiety cause stomach and skin issues, respectively

They mess up your brain, and they mess up your body.

Comprehensive study finds that sustainable eating could save the planet

Cutting down on meat could drastically reduce global warming.

That's probably not cod that you are eating

There's something fishy with your fish!

Autistic toddlers don't avoid eye contact on purpose. They do, however, miss the social significance of the gaze

A longstanding debate is put to rest.

NASA tells us which plants to buy for cleaner air -- in 100% infographic format

Plants > Chemicals.

Bike lanes may be the most cost-effective ways to improve public health

A new study has revealed that among all the existing measures to improve public health, bike lanes could trump them all.

Scientists override fear response in humans using artificial intelligence and hard cash

Researchers think this method could help patients with PTSD and phobias.

Homeopathic products will be labeled as bogus unless there's scientific proof that they work

Maybe they'll wiggle out of it by printing with ink diluted 1000 times to make it more effective.

NIH isolates new antibody which neutralizes 98% of HIV strains in lab trials

We're getting closer to a cure.

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