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Insanity: The Rise of the Supercharged Home Workout BeachBody

Insanity: The Rise of the Supercharged Home Workout

In the era of instant gratification, the unexpected success of "the hardest workout ever put on DVD"

Study: Men's Biceps Predict Their Political Ideologies Valentin Flauraud/Reuters

Study: Men's Biceps Predict Their Political Ideologies

Positions on economic redistribution correlated with upper-body strength.

When to Do Surgery on a Child With 'Both' Genitalia stephendepolo/Flickr

When to Do Surgery on a Child With 'Both' Genitalia

Understanding the case of an intersex child whose adoptive parents claim was robbed of his genitals, and of the right to decide what should happen to his body

Study: Why Pot Smokers Are Skinnier Nick Adams/Reuters

Study: Why Pot Smokers Are Skinnier

Marijuana users had smaller waists and scored higher across several measures of blood sugar regulation.

There's More to Life Than Freezing Your Eggs 360around/Flickr

There's More to Life Than Freezing Your Eggs

Societal changes that help working mothers would be much more effective -- and much less expensive -- than telling women to postpone procreation.

Study: People Test Positive for Smoke Exposure After Staying in Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms bradleygee/Flickr

Study: People Test Positive for Smoke Exposure After Staying in Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms

Non-smokers who stayed in non-smoking rooms had cigarette byproducts on their fingers and in their urine the next morning.

Yeast: Love and Fear, Death and Beer Jamal Saidi/Flickr

Yeast: Love and Fear, Death and Beer

Single-celled fungi all around us do so much good and so much bad.

Study: Parents Who 'Clean' Pacifiers With Their Mouths May Be Protecting Kids From Asthma, Allergies @boetter/Flickr

Study: Parents Who 'Clean' Pacifiers With Their Mouths May Be Protecting Kids From Asthma, Allergies

At 18 months, babies who had come into repeated contact with their parents' saliva were 12 percent less likely to have asthma and 37 percent less likely to develop eczema.

The Day I Found Out I Was 'Considerably Deaf' graphiclunarkid/Flickr

The Day I Found Out I Was 'Considerably Deaf'

A childhood hearing impairment, discovered at age 33

Study: Tanning Lowers Blood Pressure ... So Whatsername?/Flickr

Study: Tanning Lowers Blood Pressure ... So

People who spent 20 minutes under UVA-radiating lamps appeared to experience cardiovascular benefits.

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