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The mastermind behind the $3 cough syrup craze is a 58-year-old Indian-born monk who takes a shot of the chalky drink every morning, according to a profile in the latest Forbes. More »
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The mastermind behind the $3 cough syrup craze is a 58-year-old Indian-born monk who takes a shot of the chalky drink every morning, according to a profile in the latest Forbes. More »
Best discovery ever: Doctors have sanctioned eating dessert first thing in the morning to help dieters lose more weight over the long term. More »
Cancer rates have tripled among NYPD officers who responded at Ground Zero during the attacks of September 11. Fifty-six have died. More »
If humans know nothing about what makes two people click, why would an algorithm know better? It doesn't, according to new research. More »
A woman in Belgium became the world's first human being to receive a jaw made with 3D-printing technology. More »
In a recent study, microbes in the stomachs of heftier mice traveled to thinner mice kept in the same cages, making them fat and unhealthy. More »
Women need their men to be good in bed, men are misunderstood, and gays are more likely to believe in love at first sight, says Match.com. More »
First, online backlash brought down anti-piracy legislation. Now it has moved the Komen Foundation to restore its Planned Parenthood funding. More »
Tickets to Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas's El Bulli-themed menu at Next are going to be one of the hottest commodities in food this year. More »
Despite angry words and hurt feelings on both sides of this argument, this week's controversy will see them come out ahead in fundraising. More »
A research team at the University of Waterloo thought that Facebook would help people cope with low self-esteem. They were wrong. More »
A new congressional report found that 90 percent of the 300 salons contacted nationwide said indoor tanning did not pose any risks. More »
The tweets are by Malcolm Harris, a 23-year-old writer and editor, who was arrested last fall during the Occupy protests. More »
Who looks at an massive airline merger and sees two planes humping? These guys. More »
People visiting Komen last night were directed to an artificial hack that responded to the ongoing Planned Parenthood controversy. More »
Testosterone makes humans less cooperative and more egotistical, according to a new study. And that's true for both men and women. More »
The pills themselves, made with the incorrect dosage of active and inactive tablets, are not dangerous, but could lead to pregnancies. More »
If humans are anything like the Australian cricket then making sperm has serious physical costs for men, according to researchers. More »
Experimenting with ultrasound, researchers at UNC found they could reduce sperm counts in rats to levels that would make humans infertile. More »
A letter from a U.S. Attorney's Office in Virginia reveals a plan to permanently eliminate the controversial file-sharing site. More »
