For some, the world suddenly goes blurry. Others describe it as having a dust storm in your eyes, or being shaken up in a snow globe. People might see flashing…

This article was originally published by Undark Magazine. When Mana Parast was a medical resident in 2003, she had an experience that would change the course of her entire career:…

My refrigerator has a chronic real-estate problem. The issue isn’t leftovers, but condiments. Jars and bottles have filled the door and taken over the main shelves. There’s so little room…

When my 2-year-old began favoring string cheese and croutons over peas and cauliflower, I tried to get creative. First, I mimicked the artsy approach to vegetables I remembered from childhood,…

Doctors often have a piece of advice for the rest of us: Don’t Google it. The search giant tends to be the first stop for people hoping to answer every…

It was bound to happen again. For the second time in two months, the United States has confirmed a case of bird flu in a dairy worker employed by a…

When patients start on the latest obesity drugs, they find that their food cravings drop away, and then the pounds do too. But when patients go off the drugs, the…

We’ve covered ponytails, braids, and mermaid waves. What’s next? The answer’s simple: cute bun hairstyles. There used to be only two categories for buns: the messy bun and the ballerina…

The Highlights Creating heatless waves means needing the perfect canvas for your hair: slightly damp. This ensures your hair isn’t as fragile as it would be when fully wet, but…

Of all the creatures stricken with this new and terrible H5N1 flu—the foxes, the bears, the eagles, ducks, chickens, and many other birds—dairy cattle are some of the most intimate…