Health

Can We Use Umami to Get People to Eat Better?

Research into umami has unlocked answers about our preferences, our recipes, and perhaps how to correct our crash course with obesity

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Unhealthy Eating And Not Enough Sleep—Not Genes or Laziness—Driving Surge in Childhood Obesity

Child “obesity is not a disease of inactivity," and the fixes won't be simple

Anti-Vaccine Tweets Spread Faster Than Pro-Vaccine Messages

Not all messages are created equal, and when it comes to Tweets about vaccines it's the anti-vaccine messages that spread the fastest

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Thieves Break Into Safe to Steal $3 Million Worth of Rhino Horns

Right now the going rate for rhino horn (just about $30,000 a pound) is higher than for gold

A Few Rare People Hallucinate Musical Scores

Musical hallucinations are the rarest form of 'text hallucinations'

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Wildlife Managers Are Poisoning Rhino Horns to Stop People From Eating Them

The poison, a mix of parasiticides and pink dye, now fills more than 100 rhinos' horns

Graham Crackers Were Supposed To Be a Sex Drive–Suppressing Diet Food

The original vision for graham crackers had little to do with s'mores

Happier Couples Tend to Gain More Weight Over Time

Couple whose relationship is on the rocks or who are considering divorce may maintain the appearances in order to attract other mates

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‘Altitude Sickness’ Might Actually Be Two Different Diseases

Something like 20% of people in the United States who travel to the mountains in the west report getting altitude sickness, but the symptoms might actually be from two different diseases

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Whether Monkey or Human, Middle Managers Are the Most Stressed Out

While monkeys and humans may lead very different lives, the way both species' middle-rankers suffer and deal with stress is not so different

Celebrate Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month By Reporting These Horrifying Species

April 1st marks the beginning of Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month, but how does somebody celebrate?

If Your Plane is Going Down, It’s Better to Sit in the Back

Discovery TV crashed a Boeing 727 in the Sonoran desert to answer the question: where's the safest place in the plane?

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Stop Trying to Live Like a Caveman

Modern humans are doing it all wrong - they eat wrong, they run wrong, they work wrong, they get married wrong. But is the life of cave people really what we should be striving for?

Methane on the Breath Is an Indication of Obesity

Manipulating the gut microbes that cause obesity's smell may help researchers figure out ways to help patients lose weight

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Nobody Chews Like You Chew

There are a few things that are distinct to every person—her fingerprints, voice, particular way of walking, and, it turns out, the way she chews

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The Myers-Briggs Personality Test Is Pretty Much Meaningless

Everybody relies on those four letters far more than they should

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Tip of the Iceberg: Our Love-Hate Relationship With the Nation’s Blandest Vegetable

It's never been the most nutritious green at the grocers, but the versatile lettuce has a knack for sticking around on the dinner table

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The Count of Dead Pigs Pulled Out of Chinese Rivers Is Up to 16,000

Recent plagues of dead animals floating down China's rivers may be due to farmers evading heightened environmental regulations

Can Watching One Video Help You Die Better?

Since most of us don't see emergency medicine all that often, we tend to have an unrealistic idea about just how end of life care works

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Why Is Flu Season in Winter?

It has to do with the dry winter air, says new research

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