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[:es]How discovering an equation for altruism cost George Price everything.[:]

Most people in the world speak more than one language, suggesting the human brain evolved to work in multiple tongues. If so, asks Gaia Vince, are those who speak only […]

When doctors in rural Italy began to see a surge in cancer cases, they were baffled. Then they made the link with industrial waste being dumped by local crime syndicates.

When healthcare is expensive, the Amish culture of autonomy and thrift may be a way to balance communal support and individual responsibility.

A writhing mass of maggots in a wound might seem like a good reason to seek medical help. But sometimes it’s the doctors who have put them there, adopting an […]

As old age approaches, Geoff Watts confronts an inevitable future in the care of robots. But that doesn’t mean he likes it.

Adults with anorexia often have distinctive traits that lock them into a destructive relationship with food. Those same traits could help them escape it.

We know that our diet has a huge influence on our health, but is it possible to use food as medicine for a specific disease?

Rats can smell tuberculosis. Dogs can smell cancer. Now they’re being trained to save your life.