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Your World This Week, Jan. 10 – 16

This week in health and medicine: Why pizza boxes are bad for your health, New York says hello to medical marijuana, and bisexuality is on the rise while cancer death rates drop. Why Pizza Boxes May Be Worse For Your Health Than Pizza Last week, the FDA banned three chemicals...

By All That's Interesting • Jan 11, 2016

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Your World This Week, Jan. 10 – 16

This week in health and medicine: Why pizza boxes are bad for your health, New York says hello to medical marijuana, and bisexuality is on the rise while cancer death rates drop. Why Pizza Boxes May Be Worse For Your Health Than Pizza Last week, the FDA banned three chemicals...

By All That's Interesting • January 11, 2016

5 People Whose Advanced Ideas Were Way Ahead of Their Time

From feminism to a life-saving act as simple as washing your hands, some advanced ideas were just too big for people to handle at the time.

By Abby Norman • Jan 10, 2016

5 People Whose Advanced Ideas Were Way Ahead of Their Time

From feminism to a life-saving act as simple as washing your hands, some advanced ideas were just too big for people to handle at the time.

By Abby Norman • January 10, 2016

Video Of The Day: A German Carpenter Has Invented An On/Off Switch For Your Testicles

A German carpenter is hoping to revolutionize contraception with a simple valve that can turn the flow of sperm on and off with the flip of a switch.

By Nickolaus Hines • Jan 6, 2016

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Video Of The Day: A German Carpenter Has Invented An On/Off Switch For Your Testicles

A German carpenter is hoping to revolutionize contraception with a simple valve that can turn the flow of sperm on and off with the flip of a switch.

By Nickolaus Hines • January 6, 2016

Biohacking: How DIY Scientists Are Upgrading Their Bodies To Gain Superhuman Abilities

Eyedrops that give you superhuman night vision. Pills that raise your IQ. Thanks to biohacking, we can now practically create superheroes. But should we? Amateurs tinkering with human biology and genetics. Sounds dangerous, right? Biohacking—which probably sounds even more dangerous—is a relatively new term that encompasses all manner of amateur...

By Briana Jones • Dec 20, 2015

Biohacking: How DIY Scientists Are Upgrading Their Bodies To Gain Superhuman Abilities

Eyedrops that give you superhuman night vision. Pills that raise your IQ. Thanks to biohacking, we can now practically create superheroes. But should we? Amateurs tinkering with human biology and genetics. Sounds dangerous, right? Biohacking—which probably sounds even more dangerous—is a relatively new term that encompasses all manner of amateur...

By Briana Jones • December 20, 2015

Inventing The Undead: How The Definition Of Death Has Changed Over Time

How medical technology, the legal system, and public opinion have changed the very definition of death itself. What is death? Death is one of the very few aspects of life that every human being shares with every other living organism. And, as common and inevitable as it is, we greet...

By Callie Stewart • Dec 15, 2015

Inventing The Undead: How The Definition Of Death Has Changed Over Time

How medical technology, the legal system, and public opinion have changed the very definition of death itself. What is death? Death is one of the very few aspects of life that every human being shares with every other living organism. And, as common and inevitable as it is, we greet...

By Callie Stewart • December 15, 2015

9 Vaccine Myths That Refuse To Die — And The Facts Debunking Them

The Internet is filled with half truths and flat-out falsehoods about vaccines — here's nine of the most pervasive vaccine myths and the facts behind them.

By Erin Kelly • Dec 2, 2015

9 Vaccine Myths That Refuse To Die — And The Facts Debunking Them

The Internet is filled with half truths and flat-out falsehoods about vaccines — here's nine of the most pervasive vaccine myths and the facts behind them.

By Erin Kelly • December 2, 2015

Your World This Week: Nov. 29 – Dec. 5

This week in health: Coffee-drinkers may live longer, brain researchers unlock the scientific secret to happiness, utant mosquitoes will help eradicate malaria, AIDS could be conquered within 15 years. The New Mutant Mosquito That Could Eradicate Malaria Forever Malaria is such a persistent blight to mankind that Nobel-prize winning scientist...

By All That's Interesting • Nov 30, 2015

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Your World This Week: Nov. 29 – Dec. 5

This week in health: Coffee-drinkers may live longer, brain researchers unlock the scientific secret to happiness, utant mosquitoes will help eradicate malaria, AIDS could be conquered within 15 years. The New Mutant Mosquito That Could Eradicate Malaria Forever Malaria is such a persistent blight to mankind that Nobel-prize winning scientist...

By All That's Interesting • November 30, 2015

The Eight Biggest Planned Parenthood Myths (And The Facts Debunking Them)

Family planning and women's health organization Planned Parenthood has been the subject of multiple lies this year. Here are the facts to set you straight.

By All That's Interesting • Nov 25, 2015

The Eight Biggest Planned Parenthood Myths (And The Facts Debunking Them)

Family planning and women's health organization Planned Parenthood has been the subject of multiple lies this year. Here are the facts to set you straight.

By All That's Interesting • November 25, 2015

Corrupted Blood: How Epidemiologists Use World Of Warcraft To Save Lives

Discover what a video game has to teach top researchers about epidemics, death, and human behavior.

By Callie Stewart • Nov 19, 2015

Corrupted Blood: How Epidemiologists Use World Of Warcraft To Save Lives

Discover what a video game has to teach top researchers about epidemics, death, and human behavior.

By Callie Stewart • November 19, 2015

Hungarian Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis Pioneered Hand-Washing — Then Was Institutionalized For It

After Ignaz Semmelweis first advocated for hand-washing to fight infection in the 1840s, doctors had him committed to an asylum. He soon died there from an infection in his hand.

By John Kuroski • Nov 5, 2015

Hungarian Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis Pioneered Hand-Washing — Then Was Institutionalized For It

After Ignaz Semmelweis first advocated for hand-washing to fight infection in the 1840s, doctors had him committed to an asylum. He soon died there from an infection in his hand.

By John Kuroski • November 5, 2015