Food can get contaminated by bacteria. Photo by Cesarharada.

Food Bacterial Contamination from Kitchen Surfaces

Food cross-contamination causes many people to get sick or die from food poisoning yearly. A new study raises questions about wet and dry kitchen surfaces.

Making sense out of experiences. Image by Adrian McGarry

Understanding Embodied Simulation: Creating Meaning out of Language

What is embodied simulation? A new cognitive theory explains how we apply meaning to everything around us in our minds from our own experiences.

CDC says you should get your flu shot, but should you? Photo by the CDC

Influenza Vaccine: Expert Says So-Called Flu Shot Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

In a new look at influenza vaccine studies, Dr. Doshi steps away from conventional wisdom and draws our attention to the details of flu shot studies – safe and effective? Not as much as we think.

The cluster in the middle are human stem cells. Photo by:  Ryddragyn

Reprogramming Human Skin Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells

Scientific breakthrough: Science reprograms human skin cells to become stem cells equivalent to embryonic cell lines, but without the moral conflict.

The May 2013 eruption of Pavlof volcano. Image credit: Brandon Wilson

Pavlof Volcano, Alaska Erupts: Placed on Orange Watch Alert: May 2013

Pavlof, the Alaskan volcano, is erupting. What does the orange watch alert status mean, and how bad is the volcanic eruption?

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