health

Why do your knuckles pop?

What is leukemia?

Plus-size? More like my size

What's the difference between accuracy and precision?

The effects of underwater pressure on the body

What causes bad breath?

The chilling aftershock of a brush with death

What do we do when antibiotics don't work any more?

The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief

What really matters at the end of life

The troubling reason why vaccines are made too late ... if they're made at all

Soon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill

Could we cure HIV with lasers?

Programming bacteria to detect cancer (and maybe treat it)

Why it's so hard to cure HIV/AIDS

Learning from smallpox: How to eradicate a disease

Physical therapy is boring -- play a game instead

How brain parasites change their host's behavior

Why we need more dogs in hospitals

Why sitting is bad for you

How does the thyroid manage your metabolism?

What does the pancreas do?

How do your kidneys work?

Why we need to fight the stigma surrounding therapy

Why are some people left-handed?

Could a blind eye regenerate?

How spontaneous brain activity keeps you alive

How do vaccines work?

The benefits of a good night's sleep

At what moment are you dead?

Humanity vs. Ebola. How we could win a terrifying war

What we know (and don't know) about Ebola

The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn

What are those floaty things in your eye?

What does the liver do?

How do the lungs work?