Health

Mycologist Paul Stamets believes they should be.

Bill Bryson’s new book, “The Body: A Guide For Occupants,” provides important (and funny) lessons in anatomy, neuroscience, physiology, biology, and more.

Doctors put a human into suspended animation for the first time ever.

While legalization has benefits, a new study suggests it may have one big drawback.

The bill would effectively legalize marijuana at the federal level, while allowing states to draft their own laws.

Move over SSRIs, Advil is on the way.

Researchers say further research is needed, though.

Thousands of people are experiencing severe pulmonary issues from vaping, and some are dying.

A new survey highlights the side effects of using Google to self-diagnose.

The vaccine is 97.5% effective in protecting against the Zaire species of Ebola, according to the World Health Organization.

Your microbiome begins in your mouth. Why don’t we look there more often?

The key? Focus on flavor.

Getting older — see: looking older — is not ideal in the workplace culture of youthfulness.

The possibility of an easy, non-invasive detection method arises.

Researchers recently discovered an antibody that totally disrupts the influenza virus’s ability to replicate; it could be used to design a universal flu vaccine.

Focusing on the present moment has some strange effects on how people estimate stretches of time.

The German island of Riems is home to some of the most dangerous virology research on the planet.

Ferrets are not humans, but this new drug is showing promise.

After living through a terrible epidemic, two inventors have created a self-cleaning door handle.

After a comprehensive study, researchers came to a startling conclusion.

To prevent torturous experiments on organoids, some are calling for clearer definitions of consciousness.

As the American loneliness epidemic reaches alarming new heights, one artist theorizes on what connection might look like in the future.

The team seems to have found a way to extend animal lifespan without genetic modification.

Can a shift in the way we treat death and dying improve our lives while we’re still here?

Could this be the beginning of the end of insulin injections?

A harrowing new report by the CDC should serve as a wake-up call.

A single typo in the “dark matter” of the genome drives multiple types of cancer.

How an off-the-radar Nobel Prize brings us ever nearer to finding a major cure.

A new immunotherapy treatment is showing positive signs in early-stage clinical trials.

Rest assured: Kooky ideas like the Earth being flat or vaccines causing autism are nothing new. Humanity has had worse ideas before.