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Water Canada Live Science: How Much Water Do You Really Need To Drink? You are what you eat — but if you want to get literal about i...

Bloomberg : A Longevity Puzzle: Why Do Poor Costa Ricans Outlive Poor Americans? In the U.S., income and health go hand-in-hand. That...

People wearing masks are seen on a hazy day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing February 13, 2014. Kim Kyung Hoon—REUTERS Millions Die Ever...

New research shows that more than 75 per cent of people with a particular version of a gene don't produce under-arm odour but use deo...

New Study: Weight-Loss Surgery May Cure Diabetes -- CBS Could weight-loss surgery be a cure for type 2 diabetes? That's exactly what a n...

The Benefits Of Taking Time Off -- US News And World Report/Inside Science Taking a vacation may not only make you happy, but increase your ...

Astronaut Leroy Chiao performs an ultrasound examination of the eye on Salizhan Sharipov aboard the space station. Brain and eye problems ha...

Louis Sorkin, an entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History, observes bedbugs he keeps in jars and feeds with his own blood. Cou...

Looking for the nucleic acid precipitate after extracting DNA from green tea, during a DIYBio workshop at UCLA on Feb. 27, 2010. Credit: Ken...

From Live Science: Extremely cold weather has descended upon most of the nation this week, and this frigid air may have you feeling like you...

Corbis From Time Magazine: (LONDON) — Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don'...

Researchers examine skin cream on the nanoscale to better understand what makes it feel smooth Credit: dreamstime From Live Science: If aske...

From Live Science: Angina pectoris--or simply angina--is the medical term for chest pain or discomfort usually caused by coronary artery dis...

From Live Science: We not only hear with our ears, but also through our skin, according to a new study. The finding, based on experiments in...

From The BBC: Men who do not openly express their anger if they are unfairly treated at work double their risk of a heart attack, Swedish re...

The scientists, who studied children aged five to 15, found those who slept in on Saturdays and Sundays were much less likely to have weight...

Could be fatal (Image: Miguel Villagran/Getty) From New Scientist: DEATHS in US police custody during the early 1990s may have been the resu...

A new computer model that simulates how dust comes into and out of homes found that most indoor dust originates outside. The model may help ...

Credit: iStockphoto From Cosmos Magazine/AFP: WASHINGTON DC: Researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute have found another good reaso...

From Live Science: Three years after being charged for fraud, misusing state funds and violating bioethics laws, disgraced South Korean stem...