In 2012, when several hundred people fell ill in the U.S. amid a salmonella outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration was quickly able to…
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Since antibiotics were first developed at the start of the twentieth century, they have saved millions of lives (penicillin alone is estimated to…
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Let’s be honest: Smartphones aren’t necessarily thought of as devices that help to slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. In fact,…
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A two-year-old girl born with a hole in her heart had a life-saving operation in London last month thanks to a 3D…
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After spending several years interviewing scientists and holding public forums to debate ethics and air concerns, the U.K.’s lower house of Parliament…
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By the time retired Chicago Bears star Dave Duerson took his own life in February of 2011, he’d spent months complaining about…
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The stories are numerous, yet extreme, and thus widely covered. You’ve probably heard at least a few. In South Korea, one couple was…
Read MoreHow electronic tissue could help paralyzed people walk again
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Elizabeth Holmes, the 30-year-old founder of the blood-test company Theranos who dropped out of Stanford at 20 because classes were getting in…
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In the first decade of this century, deaths attributed to high blood pressure have increased nearly 40 percent – roughly one in…
Read MoreScientists are trying to model our mental health based on our tweets
During the holiday season, ideally filled with family, food, and festivities, the topic of depression is often sidelined; even more of a…
Read MoreScientists are making incredible movies of molecules using X-rays
If you thought you knew what high-res slow-motion video looks like, think again. Researchers have recently captured images of biomolecular activity so…
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