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Study of the Weekend: Keep Your Commute to Less Than 15 Miles (or Else) Shutterstock

Study of the Weekend: Keep Your Commute to Less Than 15 Miles (or Else)

New research suggests that people whose office are 15 miles away from their home get insufficient exercise and are at greater risk of obesity.

Study: Kids Will Eat More Veggies If They Drink Water Instead of Soda Shutterstock

Study: Kids Will Eat More Veggies If They Drink Water Instead of Soda

New research on food-beverage pairings highlights yet another reason parents should encourage their kids to choose water over soda.

The Atlantic Food Summit: A Twitter Summary

If you missed The Atlantic's Food Summit yesterday, we've pulled together some of the top tweets and images from the event.

The Anatomy of a Videogame-Scare Story Reuters

The Anatomy of a Videogame-Scare Story

How weak correlations and scant research were spun up into an argument about how videogames and porn are leading to "the demise of guys."

Memorial Day Weekend Reading: Food Biography Shutterstock

Memorial Day Weekend Reading: Food Biography

Two very different biographies: one famous chef and one forgotten entrepreneur who invented frozen vegetables.

The Secret to a Long Life Is ... Thinking About Death Shutterstock

The Secret to a Long Life Is ... Thinking About Death

A review of recent research shows that people are kinder to themselves and others when they're thinking about their own mortality.

Fact-Checking Claims on the Wonders of Pomegranate Juice rabsteen/Flickr

Fact-Checking Claims on the Wonders of Pomegranate Juice

Pomegranate juice may be delicious and good for you in a general sense, but its promoters specific claims don't stand up to scrutiny.

Big Data Can Save Health Care—But at What Cost to Privacy? Reuters

Big Data Can Save Health Care—But at What Cost to Privacy?

Medical research would benefit greatly from massive, publicly shared sets of patient information.

The Half-Ounce Artificial Heart That Saved a Baby's Life Reuters

The Half-Ounce Artificial Heart That Saved a Baby's Life

A rousing success for the world's smallest artificial heart.

Study: The Objectification of Women Is a Real, Measurable Phenomenon Shutterstock

Study: The Objectification of Women Is a Real, Measurable Phenomenon

Both male and female subjects in a recent experiment perceived near-naked men in sexualized ads as human beings, but could only see attractive women as objects.

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