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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   


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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   


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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   


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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   


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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   


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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   


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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   


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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   


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The science of blood

Our blood also contains antibodies; these are proteins in blood plasma that help to fight infection…

Compound Interest   


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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   


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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   


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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   


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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…

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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   


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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"   


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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…   


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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   


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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 …   


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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   


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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…

Rebecca Harrington