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Fox News contributor baselessly suggests Medicare for All will lead to less mental health care and more mass shootings
While some doctors could be paid less in Medicare for All, its impact on the reimbursement of thera…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
Why Is Spain So... Empty? Here's What Google Autocompletes For Each Country In Europe
BI contributor Randal Olson, a Computer Science graduate research assistant at Michigan State Unive…
Michael Kelley
Insider Inc. is looking for freelance science writers
We're working to build a network of reliable and talented freelance writers, and we're especially i…
Dana Varinsky
Here's why all fast-food signs are red
In lab studies, participants drank less soda from a red cup than from a blue cup and ate fewer snac…
Rebecca Harrington
7 award-winning scientific studies that are too weird to believe
As a parody of the Nobel Prize, the Ig Nobels "are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the ima…
Kelly Dickerson
Here's why coffee gets stale if it sits out for too long
One of the most susceptible yet sweet-smelling solubles is a sulfur compound called methanethiol. I…
Julia Calderone
NASA wants to name parts of Pluto's moon after Star Wars
It's already settled that Pluto's landscape features must have names that come from underworld myth…
Kelly Dickerson
30 mind-blowing facts about the microbes that live inside of you
These organisms have evolved with humans for hundreds of thousands of years, and as we probe deeper…
Julia Calderone
The science of blood
Our blood also contains antibodies; these are proteins in blood plasma that help to fight infection…
Compound Interest
Chinese scientists are developing color-changing paint you can remotely control
The bright idea uses controllable nano cells, or crystalline micro beads, that can be inflated or d…
James Billington
One feature in your dating profile could be sabotaging your chances
Judges rated the people who wrote long ads as more extraverted and agreeable, likely because the lo…
Kelly Dickerson
Hurricane Patricia spared Mexico's cities and trashed remote areas instead
At one point generating sustained winds of up to 200 mph (322 kph), Patricia was the strongest hurr…
Lizbeth Diaz
We might not want to know the dark secrets lurking in our genes
For now, we only know that a few specific genes are uniquely responsible for certain diseases or tr…
8 weight-loss tips you can incorporate into your diet that actually work
In order to get the real scoop on the weight loss tips that actually work, I spoke with two nutriti…
Sara Lindberg
The bizarre story of one of the world's first modern vegetarians - and how his diet made him an outcast from society
What's more, in the times of Pythagoras, meat was prized in Greece as the food to fuel Herculean mu…
Marta Zaraska, "Meathooked"
How to tell if food is actually safe to eat
Different types of food age in their own ways. Fruit and vegetables are attacked by microbes. Bread…
Dana Gunders, "Waste-Free Kit…
Here's why people in Denmark are happier than anyone else in the world
The authors are careful to note that happiness is highly subjective, but they used three different …
Sarah Kramer
Studying child prodigies could be the key to the autism breakthrough scientists have been waiting for
And every dollar spent on analyzing genes is a dollar not spent on accommodations, support, and eff…
Joanne Ruthsatz and Kimberly …
SpaceX just released incredible new photos of its historic rocket landing
The level of precision, accuracy, and ingenuity that went into this feat is mind-boggling. In fact,…
Julia Calderone
This could be the year that we eliminate one of the most tragic diseases in history
When someone is immunized, they excrete some of the weakened virus that is used in the oral vaccine…