The responses to a suspenseful film clip are similar between some people with brain injuries and healthy patients. That finding has researchers...
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Lost tourist says monkeys dropped fruit, led him to shelter during nine days in the rainforest. He’d...
Showering daily is bad for you. But what happens if you don’t shower for an entire month?
In 1 of every 1,000 surgeries involving general anesthesia, a patient may become conscious. What if this...
How bad would things get if everyone stopped vaccinating their kids?
What keeps you and your friends from turning into self-centered psychopaths?
What if surgeons were able to perform a head transplant?
Our five senses are the building blocks of our everyday lives. They bring us pleasure and pain, and they...
Should we start to tinker with the human genome and alter our own biology?
Where on your body do you think is your strongest muscle?
Take a close look at your hands. A real close look. See all these microscopic critters? Your skin is...
Why did something as natural as menstruation become a taboo? And why has it been surrounded by stigma...
Every cell in your body carries the story of evolution, written in DNA.
For one woman who absorbed her twin in the womb, having two sets of DNA naturally programmed to not get...
There is an ingestible capsule that can monitor gases in the human digestive system. Your farts may now...
From filling soda bottles to sizing breast implants, the metric system has had a quiet presence in...
Flies have a deadly reputation for spreading diseases and bacteria, but some scientists now think they...
What is it about the metric system that scares Americans so much? Do they avoid it because they like...
When fitness first became fashionable you had to get your sweat-on while strapped to extremely strange...
When it comes to humankind's quest for surgically enhanced physical improvements, there's a lot more to...
Evolution has given the human body some odd parting gifts, like the appendix. People just don't eat as...
Is how we view the world around us being influenced by factors we're not even aware of? Our brains are...
There's a fine line between "Oops!" and "Brilliant!" Nowhere is that more evident than when looking at...
Mustard gas destroyed thousands of lives during World War I, so why is it being mentioned alongside a...
CRISPR. Sounds delicious. The word itself looks impressive. But there’s good reason why the scientific...
New forms of propulsion in space are usually welcomed by NASA, but the flatulence-power behind the crew...
For some, brave works and contributions are done anonymously because the person would rather their...
