Rabbit Fever
Can you get rabbit fever from eating rabbits? (Yes, you can get tularemia.)
Genes and Geography
A person's ancestry can be tracked by looking at their DNA
Chomping on Metal
Why is it that when you bite into tinfoil or metal, it's an amazing, painful shock that goes through your whole system? (if you have metal dental appliance in your mouth, it forms a battery)
Allergen-Free Shrimp
Genetically modifying foods, like shrimp, to remove the allergens
Anthrax vs. Cancer
Genetically engineered anthrax toxins kill cancer in mice w/o harming healthy tissue
Pain Sensitivity
Women are more sensitive to pain than men -- probably because a protein called GIRK-2 doesn't function as well in women
Senior Citizen Stories
Control over retirement, schmoozing with friends and eating fish help cognitive preformance in older people
Mummy’s Curse
An epidemiological study shows that King Tut's tomb did not have a curse.
Healthy Living Roundup
Big portions make us eat more, inactivity is worse than overweight, and exercising to music boosts lung fitness.
Food and Mood
Lowering tryptophan causes mood depression, boosting empty calories raises students' test scores, and caffeine is not what raises blood pressure
Squirrel Drug
A protein in the brains of hibernating squirrels can help treat stroke.
Deadly Dyes
Two colored dyes kill bacteria, viruses, and parasites donated blood.
Transplant Tolerance
Immune cells in the eye could be used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients.
Brain Roundup
proteins misfolding can cause many brain illnesses; the part of the brain for out of body experiences
Olive Oil and Cholesterol
How olive oil lowers levels of ÒbadÓ cholesterol
Cancer-Fighting Cells
Immunotherapy using lymphocytes to destroy melanoma
Veggie Roundup
Compound in poisonous plant for treating brain tumors, saltwort seeds, and dinosaur with bunny teeth found in China
Maggot Medicine
Is there a use for maggots in modern medicine? (Yes, to clean out wounds and aid healing.)
Hyperinfectious Cholera
Finding out what makes cholera such a virile infection
Broccoli and Bacteria
A compound in broccoli kills H. pylori, the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers.
Nose Stories Roundup
Humming to prevent sinus infections, a nasal spray flu vaccine, and being happy to live longer