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Myth-Busting Poverty and Health

Let's clear up some misconceptions.

11 Weird (But Awesome) Things at the Mütter Museum

From the conjoined livers from a pair of Siamese twins to slides of Albert Einstein’s brain, Philadelphia's Mütter Museum houses dozens of strange artifacts from medical history.

Happy Virus Appreciation Day!

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5 Toilet Technologies of the Future

Here's a roundup of some promising toilet-related technologies that could make pooping safe for the world.

9 Fundraising Lessons From the World’s Weirdest Charity Stunts

Most people’s fundraising experience ends at running a race for charity or selling candy for a good cause—but if you really want to go big with your efforts, you need to think outside of the box. Here are a few of the weirdest charity stunts ever performe

8 Historically Terrifying Viruses

We know you’re just itching to know all about some of history’s nastiest viruses and the horrifying diseases they cause in humans.

Champa: The Bear Who Got Brain Surgery

While brain surgery has become a fairly common procedure with humans, it is still very rarely used on animal patients, who have drastically different anatomies than we do.

Why Don’t Big Dogs Live as Long as Small Dogs?

Large animals tend to live longer than smaller ones. But this isn't the case for most breeds of dog. What gives?

8 Old-School Diseases Making a Comeback

Humanity spent the last hundred years virtually eradicating some of the planet’s most unpleasant diseases. But some of them have started showing up again.