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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Explained

Posted Mon May 21, 2012 04:52 PM ET | 0

A Georgia woman who is fighting the disease brings to light how devastating it can be. Read more

Posted Fri May 18, 2012 10:58 AM ET | 0

Rats fed high fructose corn syrup were much slower navigating a maze than ones fed a healthier diet. Read more

Posted Tue May 15, 2012 01:03 PM ET | 0

Cities get rated on bike infrastructure, hilliness and amenities. How bike-friendly does your city need to be? Read more

Posted Tue May 15, 2012 12:46 PM ET | 0

Adderall, the prescription drug often prescribed to kids with ADHD, may not be going to the intended. Read more

Posted Mon May 14, 2012 12:52 PM ET | 0

The pool of potential living kidney donors may be shrinking because of the national obesity epidemic. Read more

Posted Thu May 10, 2012 02:38 PM ET | 0

Why does the sight of a woman breast-feeding her 3-year-old son make us squeamish? Read more

Posted Wed May 9, 2012 09:52 AM ET | 0

Sperm rarely swim in the central part of the female reproductive tract -- they crawl along the walls. Read more

Posted Fri May 4, 2012 01:57 PM ET | 0

A new biography reveals intimate details about Barack Obama. Will voters care? Read more

Posted Wed May 2, 2012 04:42 PM ET | 0

Significant natural and sexual selection are in fact still taking place in humans in the modern world. Read more

Posted Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:49 PM ET | 0

Two other women have delivered nonuplets, but none of the babies survived. Read more

Posted Thu Apr 26, 2012 02:50 PM ET | 0

England says that, according to science, Florence Colgate does have the perfect face. Read more

Posted Wed Apr 25, 2012 01:51 PM ET | 0

He has no limbs, but Philippe Croizon plans to swim four straits between five continents. Read more

Posted Tue Apr 24, 2012 05:55 PM ET | 0

Changes in the brain that occur with age may be to blame for aging adults' sometimes strange sleep patterns. Read more

Posted Thu Apr 19, 2012 06:14 PM ET | 0

The solvent BP used to try to disperse the oil in the Gulf appears to be creating more of a problem. Read more

Posted Wed Apr 18, 2012 05:51 PM ET | 0

Could bad behavior be partly genetic? A new study suggests so. Read more