Accidents happen every day. Some are minor, but many are life-threatening. The same holds true for diseases. When these things happen, some…
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Today’s professional athletes are often viewed as overpaid and selfish, with recent sports headlines being dominated by scandals involving domestic abuse and…
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Milk is one of the most popular and important beverages on the planet. We drink it when we’re babies, and when we…
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The medical world evolves almost daily. New vaccines and treatments are developed at an unbelievable rate, and millions have been successfully treated…
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We’ve come a long way since the dark days of trepanning and bloodletting, but for all our state-of-the-art equipment, surgery is still…
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Outside of its native Japan, sumo wrestling is seen as something of a punch line—fat men in diapers colliding for the amusement…
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Spiders, cemeteries, costumes, and ghost stories sound like a part of Halloween, not Christmas, but think again. The following Christmas traditions and…
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Compared to many other species, all humans have incredibly similar genomes. However, even slight variations in our genes or environments can cause…
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The recent Scottish independence referendum ended with a defeat for the nationalists, but the mere fact that it was held at all…
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People think of churches and other holy sites as peaceful places full of sunshine and fresh air, totally safe and perhaps a…