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What are mosquito-control workers spraying in Miami?

10 years 3 months ago
After the first locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus were identified in a small area north of downtown Miami, officials began to spray an insecticide over a 10-square-mile portion of Miami-Dade County on Thursday morning. But what was in the insecticide, and how does it work?

Fighting Zika's microcephaly, one brain at a time

10 years 3 months ago
The sun beats down on my head as I walk, sweat pouring off my body. A recent rain is steaming off the streets of Pau da Lima, one of the poorest favelas -- slums -- in the northeastern city of Salvador, the third largest in Brazil, and one of the hardest hit by Zika.

It's 2016. What's with all the sexism?

10 years 3 months ago
It's 2016. A woman is running for president, athletes like Serena Williams are household names and pop culture is replete with feminist heroines our foremothers could only dream of.

Skeptical reaction at Theranos' coming-out party

10 years 3 months ago
The American Association of Clinical Chemistry has one of the more popular professional conventions in the science world, but when security had to scold a scientist for running to get one of the limited number of seats for a presentation, it may have been an association first.

Canna-butter, astro eggs and other costly superfood trends

10 years 3 months ago
You're down with acai, take echinacea on the reg, and consider coconut oil a mainstay in your home. But a new class of high-powered superfoods is pushing the envelope even further, making even the healthiest among us stop and do a double take. For starters, there's Gwyneth's pricy morning smoothie ritual (whose ingredient shopping list totals $200 thanks to so-called "moon dust"). And then there's something called Blue Majik and ... astrologically farmed eggs?

Why millennials are having less sex than Generation Xers

10 years 3 months ago
Today's 20-year-olds are having less sex than the previous generation. About 15% of adults between the ages of 20 and 24 reported having no sexual partners since they turned 18, according to new research published today in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. Just 6% of the previous generation said the same at that age.

It's not just a texting problem

10 years 3 months ago
When you are driving, how often do you see other drivers checking their phones while behind the wheel? And, be honest, how often do you do it yourself?
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