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18 Things A Doctor Wants You To Know About UTIs
It's more important to pee after sex than it is to pee before.
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9 Facts About Fertility You Should Learn In Your Twenties
If you know you want kids ~at some point~, here's some essential information.
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19 Common Myths Sexual Health Nurses Want You To Stop Believing
Nope, you can't get rid of crabs by shaving your pubes. Sorry.
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21 Powerful Photographs Of Wildlife That Will Make You Feel Things
This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year award shortlist is out today. Here are some of the finalists from the competition, and the stories behind the photographs.
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Here’s Why Hurricane Irma’s Flooding Predictions Were Off
The surge of high water from Hurricane Irma was surprisingly low in some places, like Tampa Bay, and surprisingly high in others, like Jacksonville. Predicting surge is a tricky new science.
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12 Ways Having Parkinson's In Your Twenties And Thirties Changes Your Life
"There are more of us than you'd think juggling the condition with careers, young families, travel aspirations."
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The Spaceship That Took Some Of The Greatest Images Of The Solar System Has Died
After 20 years in space, some amazing science, and some unbelievable images, the Cassini-Huygens mission finally came to an end. We asked two of the scientists who worked on it what the mission meant to them.
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These Maps Show Where Irma's Storm Surge May Hit Hardest
Experimental federal maps project where higher storm surge waters — as high as 15 feet in some places — are now predicted for Florida's coast.
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Here's How Zoo Animals Are Hunkering Down Ahead Of Irma
Even SeaWorld is battening down for the onslaught of the ocean storm.
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Here's Why Miami Could Be Hit So Hard By Irma
“Southeast Florida is the most vulnerable place in the whole country to hurricane damages,” one expert said.
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Here’s How Hurricane Irma's Evacuations Will Roll Out
“The highways weren’t designed to empty a state,” said one expert.
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Hurricane Floodwaters Are Headed For Trump's Mar-A-Lago
With evacuation ordered for Miami's coastal zones, Trump properties are facing a storm surge threat.
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Houston Medics And Police Sue Arkema Over Chemical Plant Blasts
The suit claims that Arkema did not warn first responders that fumes from the explosions could be toxic.
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This Traffic Map Shows People Trying To Get Out Of Florida Before Irma Hits
There's only one way out: north.
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Irma Wrecked The Caribbean Islands And Rebuilding Could Take Years
In Irma’s wake, tight budgets, power cuts, and mosquitoes threaten Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. “When you’re on an island, you have what you have,” one expert said.
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Here Is The Latest Predicted Path For Hurricane Irma
It shows the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center.
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Here's Why Irma Is Such A Frightening Storm
“We spent all last week calling Harvey ‘unprecedented,’” said one expert. “Now it’s ‘unprecedented’ times two.”
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A Science Journal Said That Removing Statues "Risks Whitewashing History"
"Maybe when I tell people that science is systemically racist, they’ll believe me now. This trash is endorsed by a top journal," one scientist said.
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5 Truly Gross Parasites That Have Ruined Real People's Vacations
Americans took 1.7 billion vacation trips last year — and brought back some very gross stowaways.
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Harvey Damaged 13 Toxic Waste Sites. It Could Take Years To Know The True Health Risks.
"They're not going to get cancer tomorrow — they may get asthma in three months," one researcher said.
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These Scientists Got To See Their Competitors’ Research Through Public Records Requests
Over the past decade, scientists or universities have used the Freedom of Information Act to get thousands of competitors' grants proposals. And many of the targeted scientists are upset.
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These Maps Show The Vulnerable Houston Neighborhoods That May Need Most Help Rebuilding From Harvey
Rising floodwaters don’t discriminate between rich and poor. But when it comes to recovering from disaster, wealth makes a huge difference.
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Hospitals In Houston Are Preparing For A Massive Surge Of People In Desperate Need Of Medical Care
Tropical storm Harvey has begun heading east, but healthcare workers across the city are preparing for a medical fallout that could last months.
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Damage From Harvey Has Already Caused Millions Of Pounds Of Toxic Pollutants To Be Released Into The Air
The explosions and ensuing fire at the Arkema chemical plant early Thursday are just the latest in a wave of damage, disruptions, and pollution at industrial facilities along the Texas coast after Harvey.
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Houston’s Urban Sprawl Meant Harvey Was A Disaster Waiting To Happen
Houston is one of the least densely populated of the US's great cities, and has sprawled into floodplains because of lax building rules. That needs to change, experts say.
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Here Are The Health Hazards In Houston’s Floodwater
From floating fire ant colonies to leaking car batteries to sewage, public health experts are expecting storm-related health effects to last months.
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Here’s Why We Didn’t See Harvey’s Torrential Rain Coming Sooner
“It definitely did intensify quickly — and in fact quicker than most of us expected,” said one expert.
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A Government Staffer Asked A Scientist To Delete “Climate Change” From Her Grant, And People Are Mad
An employee at a DOE lab said that "climate change" and "global warming" cannot be used in project descriptions because "we have to meet the President's budget language restrictions."