Coffee consumption will not kill you, according to a new study. Nearly 128,000 people who participated in the study over two decades didn't die of heart disease more than non-coffee drinkers. "There is reason to be skeptical about the results" .
At least 16 states have reported food poisoning attributed to Salmonella Saintpaul bacteria in raw tomatoes. "First spinach, then beef, now tomatoes," said the blog Adventures in Eco-Living. "So far, there
A recent study conducted by Yerkes Primate Research Center in Atlanta found that stressed female monkeys ate more fat and sugar than those who weren't under stress. Researchers suspect that monkeys lower in the hierarchy cope with harassment from their su
The British Parliament on Monday voted down a ban against human-animal hybrid embryos. This is a prime example of the slow "creep" of "ethical relaxation," said the blog Atheism Analyzed. But "human-animal hybrid embryos are the b
A British study suggests that the recipe for picking a baby's gender starts at the breakfast table around the time of conception, said Lewis Smith in the London Times. A big, high-calorie bowl of cereal could increase the odds of a boy; skipping
A stem-cell revolution: Using retroviruses to introduce DNA into human skin cells, researchers in Japan and the U.S. created stem cells without using human embryos. While the new stem-cell lines appear to have all the promise of embryo-derived cells
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A lingerie store fires a staffer for being too buxom — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
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