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NASA has a plutonium problem. There may not be enough of an isotope of the element to power future space missions.

One of the lasting memories from my teenage years is what I now recognise as an obsession with weight control. Thin was in, and magazines promoted a variety of diets, each claiming ...

In January, a new study claimed that vaccines may cause autism and other psychiatric or neurological disorders. Elsewhere, I ...

(via Be Smart) This is one of the weirdest mysteries of human evolution: Why do we have grandmas? From menopause to our slow maturation and super-long lifespans, humans are quite unique in the animal ...