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Your sprained ankle could cost you

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
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Facing death, with the whitest teeth

John Pettegrew
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Breast cancer genes and 23andme

Katherine Drabiak - The Conversation
Tampa Bay Rays fans high-five players, including relief pitcher Danny Farquhar, left, as the gates open before an Opening Day baseball game between the Rays and the New York Yankees, Sunday, April 2, 2017, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) (AP)

Aneurysm strikes baseball pitcher

Brian Hoh - The Conversation
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Public mental health services scarce

Emily Bazar
Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna by Edith Sheffer; German and Austrian troops in Vienna, Austria (AP/W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.)

Hans Asperger, Nazi collaborator

Matthew Rozsa
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Weight loss: not just about exercise

David Prologo - The Conversation
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The neuroscientist who lost her mind

Nicole Karlis
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The great gut flora war

Lina Nertby Aurell, Mia Clase
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Why your fridge can't stop food rot

Melanie Silvis
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"I am powerful by just living"

Lauren Schiller
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Exercise, schmexercise

Yewande Pearse
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Fake drugs and malaria

Jackson Thomas, Erin Walker, Gregory Peterson, Mark Naunton - The Conversation
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The rise of the mushroom

Robert Beelman - The Conversation
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You don't have to go to war to have PTSD

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Why we must tackle superbugs

William Hall, Anthony McDonnell, Jim O’Neill
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Can psychedelics cure mental illnesses?

Johann Hari
A still from "Beatrice" (Lorena Alvarado)

"Beatrice": Paralympic fencing champ

Tom Roston
Oahu’s Hanauma Bay on Wednesday, May 6, 2016 near Honolulu. Much of the inner reef at Hanauma Bay is dead after decades of tourist interaction, but the outter reef is still relatively healthy. More than 2,000 international reef scientists, policymakers and stakeholders are gathering in Hawaii starting Monday, June 20, 2016, to discuss the latest coral science and what can be done to stop widespread death of the world's reefs.(AP Photo/Caleb Jones) (AP)

Coral reefs disappearing

Eric Holthaus - Grist
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I'm a scientist, and coming back

Elizabeth Madin - The Conversation
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Life-changing magic, in death

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Studios)

The science of superheroes in flight

Mark Brake
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Cryptocurrency and our STEM obsession

Keith A. Spencer
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How many times do you press snooze?

Kristen Knutson, Malcolm von Schantz - The Conversation
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