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Verbal autopsies combine a simple interview with high-tech algorithms to deduce a cause of death. Using a smartphone app, a field worker could administer an autopsy where normally the death would go unrecorded.

There’s always some new “breakthrough” in weight loss, touted by TV personalities with pills, programs, or delicious new shakes. But you know what actually could work? Ingesting the gut bacteria of someone slimmer than you.

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It turns out your belly button is like a rainforest, at least in terms of biodiversity. Scientists hope to clarify what the thousands of microbes that our navels harbor are doing, and why they're there in the first place.

If you think all lounges are below-ground clubs that blare house music while serving $12 drinks, today's deal will debunk the common convention.

Verbal autopsies combine a simple interview with high-tech algorithms to deduce a cause of death. Using a smartphone app, a field worker could administer an autopsy where normally the death would go unrecorded.

Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, has devised a new incarnation of the beloved cartoon The Flintstones, likely to air in 2013.

Isaac Newton said he was inspired to formulate his theory of gravitation when he witnessed an apple falling from a tree. Cartoonists have since embellished the story, suggesting the apple fell directly on Newton’s head.

You may think your toddler is just playing in the sand box, but she may really be conducting a sophisticated scientific experiment and making inferences every time she pours out another scoop of sand.

When games became more complex and when there are a lot of moves, such as in chess, players' actions become less rational. Assuming that they will make the best moves is not necessarily the optimal strategy!

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Upon his death, Albert Einstein's brain was photographed and dissected into 240 parts. Scientists are now looking through the material for anatomical quirks that would help shed light on the physicist's genius.