FITTER. BETTER. HAPPIER.

Scientists have devised a fascinating way to determine when you may die — and all it takes is a simple cheek swab.

Open Wide

Studies

And you might be able to buy the test online, too.

Fun New Mouth Swab Will Tell You When You’ll Die

COVID-19 comes for us all — even for Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has publicly announced that he's contracted the novel coronavirus.

Oh No

Developments

COVID comes for us all.

Dr. Fauci Catches COVID for the First Time

Science is finally backing up what stoners have long known: that smoking weed does, in fact, make you nicer — and less greedy to boot.

Kind Bud

Mental Health

Finally, some good news!

Smoking Weed Makes You Nicer and Less Greedy, Scientist Says

Nnicotine doesn't have to make it to your lungs to cause injury. Cigarette and e-cigarette residuals can cause skin damage by contact alone.

Touching Nicotine

E-cigarettes aren't off the hook, either.

Cigarette Smoke Damages Your Skin Just by Touching It, Scientists Say

The rise of  “genetic paparazzi” is imminent, and courts are poorly ill-equipped to deal with the potential consequences of celebrity DNA theft.

celebrity cloning

Genetics

"Imagine being able to produce a child with your favorite movie star using the DNA from a strand of hair or flake of skin."

Professors Warn That Creeps Might Start Stealing DNA From Celebs For Dark Purposes

Neuroscientists are positing that issues with the brain's own waste removal system may be the root cause of Alzheimer's disease.

Floral Arrangement

Neuroscience/Brain Science

These strange structures are beautiful... and deadly. 

"Poisonous Flowers" in Brain May Cause Alzheimer's, Scientists Say

Doctors researching an experimental cancer treatment were shocked when every single patient in the small trial went into remission.

Cancer Culture

Cancer

"I believe this is the first time this has happened in the history of cancer."

Scientists Intrigued by Treatment That Put Every Single Patient's Cancer Into Remission

The Russian government is clearly fed up with speculation about the state of often-shirtless president Vladimir Putin's health.

Prognosis Rock

And we, like, FOR SURE believe them.

Russia Says That Vladimir Putin Definitely Does NOT Have a Terminal Illness, Thank You Very Much!

If staring at this image makes you feel like you're being swallowed by a black hole, you're not alone. According to a new paper published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, approximately 86 percent of people experience the same effect.

Black Hole Illusion

It's just a trick — or is it?

Argh! This Optical Illusion Makes You Feel Like You're Falling Into a Black Hole

A team of scientists at the regenerative medicine company 3DBio Therapeutics have successfully implanted a 3D printed ear made from the patient's own cells.

All Ears

Breakthroughs

That's pretty incredible.

Doctors Transplant Ear That Was 3D Printed With Patient's Own Cells

Nicotine use by American teens has soared to astonishing new levels since JUUL e-cigarettes exploded in popularity in 2017.

Juul Kids

Yikes.

JUUL Got a Million American Kids Hooked on Nicotine, Researchers Say

Using a new gene therapy technique, researchers at the University of California San Diego reduced neuropathic pain in mice that were experiencing spinal cord or other nerve injuries — and with no side effects.

Deleting Pain

This could be huge.

Scientists Eliminate Chronic Pain in Mice and Primates Using Gene Therapy

Kids who played video games saw a positive impact on their intelligence, European scientists say in new study published in the Nature journal.

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