Before Saying Yes to the Medical Test, Know the Risks and Benefits
(Maria Fabrizio for WPLN and KFF Health News) When Lori Baute first learned about precautionary full-body MRI scans,…
Doctors Should Keep an Eye on Your Mix of Medication. If They Don’t, You Should.
Medications can snowball as we age. Pill organizers pile up. Prescriptions that are no longer necessary can mix…
Even as Earth’s oceans warm, one spot has gone cold
agriculture: The growth of plants, animals or fungi for human needs, including food, fuel, chemicals and medicine. Atlantic:…
Are major ocean currents moving to turn Earth into a snowball?
arXiv: A website that posts research papers — often before they are formally published — in the fields…
Wildfires can be tracked by their distinctive rumble
acoustic: Having to do with sound or hearing. array: A broad and organized group of objects. Sometimes they…
Watch: Mark Cuban Says You Can’t Fix Healthcare Until Every Price Is Known
The ongoing debate over the U.S. health system shouldn’t be based on whether the government or the private…
How sea slugs get their flashy colors
birds: Warm-blooded dinosaurs with wings that first showed up at least 150 million years ago. Birds are jacketed…
Scientists Say: Event horizon
black hole: A region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation (including…
Teens invent first chewing gum to tackle anxiety
adolescent: Someone in that transitional stage of physical and psychological development that begins at the onset of puberty,…
Pokémon Go players helped build new maps of cities
In your hometown, you can glance at a building or landmark to orient yourself. A new computer system…
Scientists Say: Observable universe
arc: A curve, often mapping out what appears to be part of a circle. Big Bang: The rapid…
Got pollen allergies? Light pollution might make them worse
allergy: The inappropriate reaction by the body’s immune system to a normally harmless substance. Untreated, a particularly severe…