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Virtual Cops Could Be Better at Interviewing Eyewitnesses Than Real Ones, Study Suggests

As many a crime documentary has made clear, eyewitness testimony is often much less accurate than you might think. But a new study published recently in Frontiers in Psychology suggests there could be a relatively simple way to improve witness recollections: Have a virtual avatar do the interviewing instead of a cop. Researchers at the…

Health Ed Cara May 15 '18

Ebola’s Back Again—Why Don’t We Have a Cure for It Yet?

Ebola has once again resurfaced. On Friday, the World Health Organization reported that there have been at least 34 suspected cases of the viral disease and 18 deaths since early April in the Bikoro District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). But Ebola’s resurgence, hardly unexpected, can’t help but bring a question to…

Health Ed Cara May 11 '18

The Red Cross Wants to Stop Universally Screening Blood Donations for Zika

A new study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that it took more than $40 million over a 15-month period to screen nearly every blood donation sent to the American Red Cross for the mosquitoborne Zika virus. The report found that the massive effort—which went into effect following Zika outbreaks that…

Health Ed Cara May 11 '18

The FDA Is Taking Two Shady Stem Cell Clinics to Court

The Food and Drug Administration’s crusade against irresponsible stem cell clinics is heating up. On Wednesday, the agency announced it was seeking permanent injunctions against two of the most prominent clinics in the US. The injunctions, if successful, would bar the clinics and specific doctors there from performing unapproved stem cell therapies. One injunction goes…

Health Ed Cara May 10 '18

Your Coworker’s Outdoor Smoke Break Could Still Contaminate Your Cubicle, Study Finds

Smoking has been banned in most public indoor spaces within the US for years now—and for the better—but that doesn’t necessarily mean nonsmokers are free from toxic cigarette chemicals. New research published Wednesday in Science Advances suggests that not only can the chemical residue left behind by cigarette smoking find its way into “smoke-free” buildings,…

Health Ed Cara May 9 '18

Doctors Have an Alarmingly High Suicide Rate, and No One Is Sure How to Help Them

Medical doctors are more likely to die from suicide than members of any other profession in the US, suggests new research presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. And worse than that, few interventions seem to have helped make these suicides less common. Studies have consistently shown that doctors die…

Health Ed Cara May 9 '18

A Woman’s Years-Long Struggle With a Runny Nose Turned Out to Be Something Way Freakier

A Nebraska woman’s constantly runny nose turned out to be lot less innocuous than a typical case of the sniffles. In actuality, her skull had sprung a potentially fatal leak, one that took doctors years to finally spot and thankfully fix. In 2013, Kendra Jackson had gotten into a car accident, knocking her head hard…

Health Ed Cara May 9 '18

Mad Scientists Taught a Predatory Spider to Jump for Them and Now We’re All Probably Doomed

Scientists at the University of Manchester in the UK trained a spider named Kim to jump for them, then recorded her leaps on high-speed cameras. But don’t worry, their research—published Tuesday in Scientific Reports—isn’t meant for anything nefarious. Nah, they just want to learn how to build a whole legion of jumping spider-robots. Rather than…

Biology Ed Cara May 8 '18

The Stricter a State’s Gun Laws, the Fewer Children Die From Guns, Study Finds

State laws that mandate universal background checks for buying guns and ammunition may save young lives, suggests new research presented this week at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies. The study found that states with stricter gun laws had lower rates of gun-related deaths among children compared to states without such laws. Researchers,…

Health Ed Cara May 7 '18

Doctors Remove 132-Pound Nightmare Tumor From Connecticut Woman’s Abdomen

A 38-year-old woman was forced to endure the sort of body horror that would make John Carpenter shudder: An all-consuming, if benign, ovarian tumor that swelled up to 132 pounds. But thankfully, doctors were able to successfully remove the monstrosity with relative ease. According to the woman’s doctors at the Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, she…

Health Ed Cara May 4 '18

No, a Study Didn’t Just Prove That Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer

Yet another study claiming to show a connection between cancer and cellphones—this time from the UK—is making the rounds. But plenty of scientists are saying the new paper is misleading. The authors, using data from the UK Office of National Statistics, tracked the incidence of all diagnosed brain cancer cases within England from 1995 to…

Health Ed Cara May 4 '18

Birth Control Probably Doesn’t Change Who You’re Attracted to, Study Finds

A commonly touted theory about how women’s attraction to men works might be all wrong, suggests a new paper published this week in Psychological Science. Prior, small experiments have found that birth control pills and ovulation could change a woman’s sexual preferences. Now, a large new study has found that women’s preferences for men’s faces…

Health Ed Cara May 3 '18

Scientists Find Another Possible Explanation for Why Hair Goes Gray

Scientists think they’ve stumbled upon a newly discovered mechanism that could explain why some people’s hair turns gray and others become afflicted with patches of unpigmented skin, a rare, stigmatized condition called vitiligo. Their research, published Thursday in PLOS Biology, suggests a gene that regulates the natural pigment melanin also keeps our immune system from…

Health Ed Cara May 3 '18

At Least One Person Has Died After Eating Romaine Lettuce Contaminated With E. Coli

A widespread outbreak of Escherichia coli linked to romaine lettuce is now believed to have sickened over 100 people in 25 states and killed one, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday afternoon. And the threat of more cases is still looming. As of May 1, at least 121 people have contracted the…

Health Ed Cara May 2 '18

Ticks and Insects Are Making More People Sick, and the Problem Is Only Getting Worse

A new report out Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlights a scary reality: Diseases spread by six- and eight-legged bugs are becoming more common. And worse than that, health officials across the country seem woefully incapable of dealing with them. The report’s authors looked at available data on vector-borne diseases collected…

Health Ed Cara May 2 '18

Serious Injuries Are More Likely to Be Fatal for People With O Blood Type

The thing we’re most likely to not know when filling out a government form—our blood type—might mean the difference between life and death following a traumatic injury, a new study published Tuesday in Critical Care suggests. Researchers in Tokyo looked over the medical records of over 900 patients who had visited one of two emergency…

Health Ed Cara May 1 '18

A Lightning Strike Shut off a Woman’s Brain Implant, and It Could Have Been Even Worse

It’s the sort of story that you’d find in a Marvel movie, but with far less cool consequences. Doctors in Slovenia have reported what they say is the first instance of lightning shutting down a person’s brain implant. The bizarre case, detailed in the Journal of Neurosurgery, concerned a 66-year-old woman with an implantable pulse…

Health Ed Cara May 1 '18

Kids Raised on Farms Are Healthier in Two Important Ways

Scientists have long speculated that the “dirtier” the environment we grow up in—with lots of germs from different people and even animals—the better off our immune system and physical health ultimately will be. A new study published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science provides early evidence that a dirty world might even…

Health Ed Cara Apr 30 '18

Vaccines Don’t Give Dogs Autism, Veterinarians Shout Into the Void

Vaccines Don't Give Dogs Autism, Veterinarians Shout Into the Void

Health Ed Cara Apr 27 '18

One Study Finds ‘Zombie Deer’ Prion Disease May Not Infect Humans, but Risk Remains

Scientists’ worst fears over a so-called “zombie deer” prion disease currently spreading across the US and Canada are unlikely to come to pass, suggests a long-term study published Wednesday in the Journal of Virology. The fatal ailment, known as chronic wasting disease (CWD) and caused by a mysterious kind of protein called a prion, doesn’t…

Health Ed Cara Apr 27 '18

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Virtual Cops Could Be Better at Interviewing Eyewitnesses Than Real Ones, Study Suggests

Ebola’s Back Again—Why Don’t We Have a Cure for It Yet?

The Red Cross Wants to Stop Universally Screening Blood Donations for Zika

The FDA Is Taking Two Shady Stem Cell Clinics to Court

Your Coworker’s Outdoor Smoke Break Could Still Contaminate Your Cubicle, Study Finds

Doctors Have an Alarmingly High Suicide Rate, and No One Is Sure How to Help Them

A Woman’s Years-Long Struggle With a Runny Nose Turned Out to Be Something Way Freakier

Mad Scientists Taught a Predatory Spider to Jump for Them and Now We’re All Probably Doomed

The Stricter a State’s Gun Laws, the Fewer Children Die From Guns, Study Finds

Doctors Remove 132-Pound Nightmare Tumor From Connecticut Woman’s Abdomen

No, a Study Didn’t Just Prove That Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer

Birth Control Probably Doesn’t Change Who You’re Attracted to, Study Finds

Scientists Find Another Possible Explanation for Why Hair Goes Gray

At Least One Person Has Died After Eating Romaine Lettuce Contaminated With E. Coli

Ticks and Insects Are Making More People Sick, and the Problem Is Only Getting Worse

Serious Injuries Are More Likely to Be Fatal for People With O Blood Type

A Lightning Strike Shut off a Woman’s Brain Implant, and It Could Have Been Even Worse

Kids Raised on Farms Are Healthier in Two Important Ways

Vaccines Don’t Give Dogs Autism, Veterinarians Shout Into the Void

One Study Finds ‘Zombie Deer’ Prion Disease May Not Infect Humans, but Risk Remains

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The Iron Age King Who Lured Rome Into Britain Was Actually a Woman, Archaeologists Say

Ice Age Artists Left 280 Engravings in This Spanish Cave. Visitors Walked Right Past Them

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