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Study: Stress Degrades Sperm

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Marijuana Could Help Prevent Meth-Related Brain Damage

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Wikipedia's Medical Posts Often Contradict Research

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Pedestrians Die The Most Where You'd Least Expect

Read this, Floridians

By Dan Kedmey

Sometimes Discrimination Is More About Favoritism Than Hostility, Research Says

Most cases of recent prejudice stem from preference for the ingroup, not hate for the outgroup

By Eliana Dockterman

Researchers Identify Drugs To Slow Incurable Lung Disease

New study found that pirfenidone and nintedanib can aid sufferers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that until now had no treatment at all

By Dan Hirschhorn

Why Women in Relationships Turn a Blind Eye to Attractive Men

A study shows that coupled-off females focus more on a man's negative traits—as long as they're not dating him.

By Maya Rhodan

Here's the Totally Amazing Wonder Material That Could Revolutionize Technology

Graphene is a better conductor. It's transparent. It's lightweight. It's strong. It's flexible and elastic. In other words, it could change the electronics business

By Katherine Noyes

What Science Says About Race and Genetics

The New York Times' former science editor on research showing that evolution didn't stop when human history began.

By Nicholas Wade

The Study of Injured Squid Explains Pain

A study has found that squid that have one of their tentacles cut off react more strongly to visual stimuli. Researchers say that pain makes our peripheral sensory system become hyperactive, guarding us against further threats

By Michelle Arrouas

Study: Kids' Drivers Are Largest Risk In DUI Deaths

A new study in the journal Pediatrics finds that child traffic deaths from drunk driving are on the decline in recent years but the greatest threat to their safety remains the adults behind the wheel of the car themselves, not strangers in other vehicles

By Dan Hirschhorn

Your Stress Is Stressing People Out

A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the Technische Universität Dresden finds that stress can be super contagious: not only can being around a stressed person physically stress you out, but so can watching certain videos

By Laura Stampler

Why Science Needs More Sex

What Duckpenisgate tells us about ourselves

By Menno Schilthuizen

Lab Mice Are Stressed Out by Male Researchers

A new study published online in the journal Nature Methods finds that the smell of male researchers causes a stress response in mice and rats equivalent to making them swim for three minutes, while female researchers have no effect

By Nolan Feeney

Here Are Some Workouts That Can Prevent the Flu

Vigorous exercise is better than moderate exercise at boosting the immune system.

By Women's Health / K. Aleisha Fetters

First Patients Get Laboratory-Grown Vaginas

Teen girls born with a rare genetic disorder are functioning well years after successful organ implant surgeries

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Study Finds Tamiflu Not as Effective as Thought

The antiviral drug isn’t any better than other treatments for the flu, leading experts to question why countries stockpile the medication

By Alice Park

Poll Says Contemporary Music is Terrible — But Everyone Always Thinks That

When I was your age, music was good

By Lily Rothman

How to Motivate People: 4 Steps Backed by Science

Employees, spouses, kids — what does it take to get people motivated so you don’t have to nag them?Motivation is powerful. It predicts success better than intelligence, ability, or salary.Via The 100 Simple Secrets of...

By Eric Barker
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