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A ‘Superbug’ Fungus Is Spreading Across the US

Over the past nine months, the number of US cases of an emerging, multi-drug resistant fungus has ballooned from 7 to more than 122. What’s more, the fungus, Candida auris, seems to be spreading, according to a field report the Centers for Disease Control released Thursday. So-called ‘superbugs’ usually reference bacteria that are especially hard…

Health Kristen V. Brown

Cotton Swabs Send Thousands of Kids to the ER Every Year

New research from Nationwide Children’s Hospital shows that around 12,500 kids are treated in US hospital emergency departments each year for injuries caused by cotton tip applicators. That’s about 34 each day. In most cases, the swabs were used for cleaning, but as this study shows, it’s simply not worth the risks. Thankfully, there are…

Health George Dvorsky

Doctors Have Built a Magnetic Robot to Gently Explore Your Colon

As you get older, colonoscopies become an important part of maintaining your health, allowing doctors to spot potentially fatal diseases like colon cancer before they progress too far. So medical researchers are hoping to make the procedure safer, and slightly less invasive, using a tiny capsule that’s remotely steered around using a magnet outside your…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Extended Space Travel Causes an Inevitable Drop in Physical Fitness

Another day, another study showing how awful microgravity is to the human body. In the latest research, scientists have found that long term exposure to space inhibits the movement of oxygen through the body, reducing an astronaut’s ability to perform strenuous tasks. New research from Kansas State University shows that prolonged exposure to space reduces…

Health George Dvorsky

Americans Are Dying Younger in These 13 Counties

As Republican politicians take aim at the Affordable Care Act and present their reasoned alternative, the Kill The Poor And Turn Them Into Chef Boyardee Act of 2017, it’s a good time to remember a distinctive element of healthcare in the US: inequality, particularly income inequality. A new study on life expectancy in the US…

Health Libby Watson

So About That Hyped New Study On Cheese Being Great

Apparently, eating cheese will not cause a heart attack or stroke, according to a new study that lots of folks are writing about. But readers, fellow science and health writers, can we please all agree to read these studies and think about them a little before we take them as the irreproachable word of some dairy…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Why Do Some Still Images Trigger Seizures?

By now, most people are aware of strobe lights’ ability to induce photosensitive epileptic seizures. A troll allegedly gave a journalist a seizure with a tweet. An episode of Pokémon sent almost 700 Japanese children to the hospital. But still images can cause seizures, too, and scientists are just now starting to figure out how…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The GOP’s Healthcare Plan Will Harm the Most Vulnerable Among Us First

Americans who obtain health insurance through their employers are poised to get screwed by a last-minute amendment to the House Republican healthcare bill. Health policy analysts inform the Wall Street Journal that a provision of the bill would allow states to obtain waivers exempting them from certain Affordable Care Act regulations. Insurers in those states…

Health Dell Cameron

These Environmentalists Say Meat Is Okay Sometimes

Brian Kateman, like many once-vegetarians, wasn’t perfect. But he wasn’t trying to be. One Thanksgiving during his college years, Kateman recalls reaching for a piece of turkey, which he permitted himself because of the special occasion. His older sister, predictably, started making fun of him. “In that moment I tried to explain that it wasn’t…

Health Ariana DiValentino

Why On Earth Would You Fast Every Other Day?

If you distill life down into its most basic parts, you’re here to do one thing: eat. Aside from a few days mandated by certain religions, every single day is a journey to consume enough food to make it to the next day. And maybe not get bored or uncomfortable along the way. Simultaneously, Americans…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Wireless Wall Device Will Literally Monitor Your Every Step

For years, we’ve been told that strapping a fitness tracker to your wrist is a great way to track your physical activity and fitness level. But researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have come up with a non-invasive, non-wearable way to do the same thing—and more accurately—using invisible wireless signals. https://gizmodo.com/most-of-us-dont-need-a-fitness-tracker-1793666714 The…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Air Pollution in Subway Systems May Be Much Worse Than We Realized

As anyone who has ridden the subway knows, the air down there is unpleasant. New research done in Canada shows that air pollution levels in Toronto’s subway system are ten times greater than those above ground. It’s a troubling realization for subway-goers, but there are ways to keep these underground systems clean. A new study led…

Health George Dvorsky

Las Vegas Is Installing Drug Needle Vending Machines

Needle exchange programs are generally considered a huge success. In New York state, the programs have been credited with virtually eradicating the transmission of AIDS through contaminated needles. Now, in an effort to further crack down on disease transmission via shared needles, Las Vegas has become the first city in the U.S. to install a…

Health Kristen V. Brown

How Running a Marathon Puts Your Body Through Hell

Over thirty thousand runners began the Boston Marathon this morning in Hopkinton, MA, some having trained and run for years to get to this point. Their completion medals will be well-earned. From your heart, through your circulatory system, to your leg muscles and kidneys, running a marathon is sort of like putting your entire body…

Health Sarah Betancourt

Kids Who Use Touchscreen Devices Sleep Less at Night

Touchscreen devices like smartphones and tablets are now fixtures of many households, so it comes as little surprise to learn that young children who don’t work or go to school are among their most active users. In the first study of its kind, researchers have learned that infants and toddlers who spend more time on…

Health George Dvorsky

How to Survive the Next Catastrophic Pandemic

Experts say it’s not a matter of if, but when a global scale pandemic will wipe out millions of people. And we are grossly unprepared for the next major outbreak. But in the event of a devastating pandemic—whether it be triggered by a mutated strain of an existing virus or a bioengineered terror weapon—there are…

Health George Dvorsky

Finally, an Answer to Why You Keep Getting UTIs After Sex

If you are a woman, the odds are pretty good that you have experienced the agony and annoyance of a urinary tract infection at some point in your life. And if you are a particularly unlucky woman, you might experience them on the regs. While women often swear sex is the culprit of a UTI…

Health Kristen V. Brown

Two-Thirds of All Cancer Mutations Are Unavoidable, Scientists Claim

In a study that’s bound to attract considerable controversy, a pair of researchers are claiming that between 60 and 66 percent of all cancer-causing mutations are the result of random DNA copying errors, making them essentially unavoidable. The new research is offering important insights into how cancer emerges, and how it should be diagnosed and…

Health George Dvorsky

NASA Experiment Could Solve a Mystery About DNA in Space

While we all want to travel, live, and bang in space, there are some pretty major things to consider, such as the fact that our sentient flesh cocoons were not designed to handle the harsh conditions of the cosmic void. Though research like NASA’s Twin Study will illuminate some of the potential impacts of extended…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta

It’s Time to Make Birth Control Accessible Over-the-Counter, For Everyone

In our eventual feminist utopia, birth control will be available in vending machines, water parks, and even those lip-gloss-and-tampon dispensers in movie theater bathrooms. But unfortunately, obtaining oral contraceptive birth control these days is both expensive and enigmatic, especially if you’re young and/or uninsured: Currently, 47 states and the District of Columbia require a doctor’s…

Health Rae Paoletta

A ‘Superbug’ Fungus Is Spreading Across the US

Cotton Swabs Send Thousands of Kids to the ER Every Year

Doctors Have Built a Magnetic Robot to Gently Explore Your Colon

Extended Space Travel Causes an Inevitable Drop in Physical Fitness

Americans Are Dying Younger in These 13 Counties

So About That Hyped New Study On Cheese Being Great

Why Do Some Still Images Trigger Seizures?

The GOP’s Healthcare Plan Will Harm the Most Vulnerable Among Us First

These Environmentalists Say Meat Is Okay Sometimes

Why On Earth Would You Fast Every Other Day?

This Wireless Wall Device Will Literally Monitor Your Every Step

Air Pollution in Subway Systems May Be Much Worse Than We Realized

Las Vegas Is Installing Drug Needle Vending Machines

How Running a Marathon Puts Your Body Through Hell

Kids Who Use Touchscreen Devices Sleep Less at Night

How to Survive the Next Catastrophic Pandemic

Finally, an Answer to Why You Keep Getting UTIs After Sex

Two-Thirds of All Cancer Mutations Are Unavoidable, Scientists Claim

NASA Experiment Could Solve a Mystery About DNA in Space

It’s Time to Make Birth Control Accessible Over-the-Counter, For Everyone

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

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Ahead of the SpaceX IPO, xAI Has Now Shed All 11 of Its Non-Elon Musk Founders

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The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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Health

A ‘Superbug’ Fungus Is Spreading Across the US

Cotton Swabs Send Thousands of Kids to the ER Every Year

Doctors Have Built a Magnetic Robot to Gently Explore Your Colon

Extended Space Travel Causes an Inevitable Drop in Physical Fitness

Americans Are Dying Younger in These 13 Counties

So About That Hyped New Study On Cheese Being Great

Why Do Some Still Images Trigger Seizures?

The GOP’s Healthcare Plan Will Harm the Most Vulnerable Among Us First

These Environmentalists Say Meat Is Okay Sometimes

Why On Earth Would You Fast Every Other Day?

This Wireless Wall Device Will Literally Monitor Your Every Step

Air Pollution in Subway Systems May Be Much Worse Than We Realized

Las Vegas Is Installing Drug Needle Vending Machines

How Running a Marathon Puts Your Body Through Hell

Kids Who Use Touchscreen Devices Sleep Less at Night

How to Survive the Next Catastrophic Pandemic

Finally, an Answer to Why You Keep Getting UTIs After Sex

Two-Thirds of All Cancer Mutations Are Unavoidable, Scientists Claim

NASA Experiment Could Solve a Mystery About DNA in Space

It’s Time to Make Birth Control Accessible Over-the-Counter, For Everyone

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Ahead of the SpaceX IPO, xAI Has Now Shed All 11 of Its Non-Elon Musk Founders

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Let us help find what you are looking for...

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!