Science and reality
Itch-relieving action for the summer starts with this eponymous pink stuff, a cocktail of zinc oxide and a little iron oxide.
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Rural areas have the slowest—or in some cases, nonexistent—Internet connections.
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Two new studies bring us closer to a flu vaccine that works every year.
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Bad news: Norovirus probably spreads through aerosolized vomit.
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New cases of the MERS coronavirus are showing up at a rate the country hasn't seen since its big outbreak last year.
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Thanks to environmental watchdogs, everybody knows how metal it is to replace real food with bionutrient slurry.
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Frozen egg research is so new that the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology just started publishing the stats for frozen donor egg cycles this year.
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Researchers can sequence DNA from airplane toilets to trace resistance genes and potential pathogens.
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A small group of vocal anti-vaxxers is fighting hard to make sure a vaccine bill doesn't pass.
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