Runners Get More Efficient with Training, but Cyclists Don't

Runners Get More Efficient with Training, but Cyclists Don't
A long-standing debate on how to optimize your endurance efficiency gets a new infusion of data.

May 1, 2018 at 12:25AM
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C.D.C. Director’s $375,000 Salary Will Be Cut

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A Doctor Heals A Man's Knee Injury Using His Stem Cells

A Doctor Heals A Man's Knee Injury Using His Stem Cells
Within minutes of a plasma injection, Retired NFL player Tyrone Rodgers could see improvements.

April 30, 2018 at 09:00PM
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How the FDA's New Definition for "Natural" Food Could Affect Your Pantry

How the FDA's New Definition for "Natural" Food Could Affect Your Pantry
The FDA wants to weigh in on this nutritional buzzword, and their decision might change what you reach for on the shelf.

April 30, 2018 at 06:11PM
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Wheelchairs Prohibited in the Last Place You’d Expect

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A Glimpse At The Many Uncomfortable Ways We've Tried To Cure Acne Over The Last Century

A Glimpse At The Many Uncomfortable Ways We've Tried To Cure Acne Over The Last Century
What awful thing will we come up with next?

April 30, 2018 at 11:09AM
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Injecting Drugs Can Ruin a Heart. How Many Second Chances Should a User Get?

Injecting Drugs Can Ruin a Heart. How Many Second Chances Should a User Get?
A life-threatening heart infection afflicts a growing number of people who inject opioids or meth. Costly surgery can fix it, but the addiction often goes unaddressed.

April 30, 2018 at 02:40AM
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How Do Brain Scans Work?

How Do Brain Scans Work?
How do scientists take a look inside your skull without inflicting any damage on your body?

April 29, 2018 at 07:40PM
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You Have No Control Over Your Data, Even Your DNA

You Have No Control Over Your Data, Even Your DNA
The arrest of the Golden State Killer has raised uncomfortable questions about information sharing by online genealogical databases.

April 29, 2018 at 06:29PM
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Injecting Drugs Can Ruin a Heart. How Many Second Chances Should a User Get?

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Our Lack Of Paid Leave Is A Health Crisis

Our Lack Of Paid Leave Is A Health Crisis
Studies show having time off to recover, without worrying about money, is key to maternal and infant health, and so much more.

April 28, 2018 at 07:49PM
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The Golden State Killer Is Tracked Through a Thicket of DNA, and Experts Shudder

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New C.D.C. Director’s $375,000 Salary Under Scrutiny

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Everything You Need To Know About Crispr Gene Editing

Everything You Need To Know About Crispr Gene Editing
How scientists can repurpose a bacterial immune system to alter DNA, making everything from cheap insulin to extra starchy corn.

April 27, 2018 at 05:01PM
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Trump’s Doctor Accused of Handing Out Ambien. D.E.A. Calls the Practice Illegal

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It's A Toxic Myth That Celibacy Makes Men Violent

It's A Toxic Myth That Celibacy Makes Men Violent
There's an entrenched cultural belief that men must have sex or else they will die.

April 26, 2018 at 08:38PM
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The Many Pitfalls of Cycling Fitness

The Many Pitfalls of Cycling Fitness
Sometimes feeling too good on the bike can be your undoing.

April 26, 2018 at 07:19PM
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The Lorals dental dam shows why it’s so hard to make good safe sex products

The Lorals dental dam shows why it’s so hard to make good safe sex products
It's not just a matter of whether dental dams are profitable. Inventing a new, safer sex device is pricey.

April 26, 2018 at 06:04PM
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‘Desperation Oncology’: When Patients Are Dying, Some Cancer Doctors Turn to Immunotherapy

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Are Brain Training Apps A Total Scam?

Are Brain Training Apps A Total Scam?
Used by 85 million worldwide at its peak, Luminosity claimed it could "train your brain." If there efficacy to that claim or is the app nothing more than a glorified time waster?

April 26, 2018 at 12:12AM
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A Lifesaving Pump for Cancer Patients Is Being Phased Out

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Infant Deaths Fall Sharply in Africa With Routine Antibiotics

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The Uncomfortably Common Parasite That Turns Fear Into Desire

The Uncomfortably Common Parasite That Turns Fear Into Desire
Chimpanzees that were exposed to Toxoplasma gondii had a morbid attraction to leopards, which doesn't bode well for what happens to humans...

April 25, 2018 at 10:08PM
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The Commonplace Use Of Saline By Hospitals May Be Based On Unreliable Science

The Commonplace Use Of Saline By Hospitals May Be Based On Unreliable Science
Some even argue that those IV bags full of salt and water may be doing the body more harm than good.

April 25, 2018 at 05:54PM
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With George H.W. Bush Hospitalized, the World Wonders: Is It a Broken Heart?

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What Fullness Is

What Fullness Is
The truth is that my desire for weight loss has long been about satisfying other people more than myself, finding a way to fit more peacefully into a world that is not at all interested in accommodating a body like mine.

April 24, 2018 at 11:13PM
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F.D.A. Cracks Down on Sales of E-Cigarettes to Minors

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The City With the Most Expensive ACA Insurance in the U.S.

The City With the Most Expensive ACA Insurance in the U.S.
There’s only one individual-market carrier in Charlottesville, Virginia, and its premiums are too high for many residents to afford.

April 24, 2018 at 05:03PM
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Thousands of organs are lost before they can be donated. Here’s how to save them.

Thousands of organs are lost before they can be donated. Here’s how to save them.
Organ donation after death is still the exception, not the rule.

April 24, 2018 at 01:47PM
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Trump Administration Pushes Abstinence in Teen Pregnancy Programs

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Women Suffer Worse Migraines Than Men. Now Scientists Think They Know Why

Women Suffer Worse Migraines Than Men. Now Scientists Think They Know Why
This could change the way we treat the condition.

April 23, 2018 at 08:34PM
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‘Whole Again’: A Vet Maimed by an I.E.D. Receives a Transplanted Penis

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'The Daily Show' Investigates 'Raw Water,' The Dumbest Health Trend Of 2018

'The Daily Show' Investigates 'Raw Water,' The Dumbest Health Trend Of 2018
"Most people in the world would give anything to have a clean water supply," and yet Silicon Valley tech bros and New Age charlatans want to convince you otherwise.

April 23, 2018 at 04:06PM
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Infinitesimal Odds: A Scientist Finds Her Child’s Rare Illness Stems From the Gene She Studies

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Canary in the Coal Pond

Canary in the Coal Pond
New reports provide an unprecedented look at contaminants leaking from coal ash ponds and landfills. But the chasm between information and environmental protection may deepen thanks to a proposed Trump administration rollback.

April 22, 2018 at 07:14PM
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When Teens Cyberbully Themselves

When Teens Cyberbully Themselves
In this latest form of self-harming behavior, adolescents anonymously post mean or derogatory comments about themselves on social media as a way of managing feelings of sadness or self-loathing.

April 22, 2018 at 10:06AM
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When Is It Safe to Eat Salad Again?

When Is It Safe to Eat Salad Again?
An outbreak of infections linked to bagged romaine lettuce has left salad lovers confused. Here are answers to common questions about leafy greens.

April 21, 2018 at 07:42PM
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How to throw a punch

How to throw a punch
Understanding how to throw a punch — before you go all John Wayne on a bad guy — will prevent you from hurting yourself more than whatever you’re swinging at.

April 21, 2018 at 02:46PM
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Ethicists Call for More Scrutiny of ‘Human-Challenge’ Trials

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Here Are More Most Painful Things A Human Can Experience

Here Are More Most Painful Things A Human Can Experience
Think stepping on a Lego block is bad? It may be painful, but unlike most of the things on this list, it has never led to people committing suicide to escape it.

April 20, 2018 at 09:19PM
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What Happens To Your Body When You Take Steroids?

What Happens To Your Body When You Take Steroids?
And is it really as bad as people make it out to be?

April 20, 2018 at 06:15PM
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Bodies Remodeled for a Life at Sea

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Here Is My Heart

Here Is My Heart
Long after the shooting at her old high school, Megan Stielstra worries about her father's heart.

April 20, 2018 at 08:48AM
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F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval of Cannabis-Based Drug for Epilepsy

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As Opioid Prescriptions Fall, Prescriptions for Drugs to Treat Addiction Rise

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Did Drinking Give Me Breast Cancer? I Don’t Know.

Did Drinking Give Me Breast Cancer? I Don’t Know.
The culture of cancer emphasizes "battles" and "beating the disease" and "positive attitudes" and "staying healthy," and that's fine for those who find such aphorisms helpful.

April 18, 2018 at 08:26PM
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Sugar Run

Sugar Run
The total time it took me to run two miles and eat a dozen donuts is only a minute slower than my fastest 5K race. Later, after my stomach settled, friends tell me stories: of how a man choked to death on a giant donut during an eating challenge.

April 18, 2018 at 06:21PM
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No One Is at the Gym to Talk to You

No One Is at the Gym to Talk to You
So please keep the conversations to a minimum.

April 18, 2018 at 01:05AM
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The Hunt for Wonder Drugs at the North Pole

The Hunt for Wonder Drugs at the North Pole
In a race against antibiotic resistance, a Norwegian research team sails into the Arctic darkness.

April 17, 2018 at 10:44PM
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When My Child, the Addict, Came Back to Me

When My Child, the Addict, Came Back to Me
I realized that no matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried to help him, nothing was going to change as long as that needle was in his life.

April 17, 2018 at 09:03PM
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