Tongue Posture Is a Big Business With Little Evidence
Treatments to address improper tongue position have been hyped as a health remedy, but they may be doing more harm than good.
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Mark and Colleen Hayward / Getty No One Really Knows How Many Indians Die Each Year
The country’s unreliable death records are hampering its public-health efforts.
Manjunath Kiran / AFP / Getty ‘Flora and Fauna’ Is So Outdated
It’s time to give fungi the respect they’re due.
Alexis Gonzalez / Getty Cape Cod’s Waters Are Getting Very, Very Sharky
Researchers are toying with a new option to prevent great-white-shark attacks: predicting when they might strike.
David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe / Getty A Grisly Skin Disease Is Creeping Into the American South
Flesh-eating parasites keep popping up in unexpected places.
Getty; The Atlantic How to Poison Feral Hogs (And Only Feral Hogs)
The animals are so destructive that they cost the United States billions every year, but actually doing something about it isn’t so simple.
Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty The Future of American Radio Astronomy Now Depends on China
After Puerto Rico’s Arecibo telescope collapsed late last year, the researchers who depended on it are in a tough position.
Xinhua / Ou Dongqu via Getty Billions of Day-Old Chicks Are Shredded, Gassed, and Suffocated
Everyone wants to end “chick culling.” So what’s the holdup?
Joe Lamberti / The Daily Times / AP The Corpse Flower Is Not in the Mood
Saving the world’s stinkiest plant would be easier if it had any interest in reproducing.
Mark Rightmire / Orange County Register / Getty Operation Chinchilla Is a Go
Twenty-five of the endangered rodents are living on top of a multibillion-dollar Chilean gold reserve. Miners are going to great lengths to relocate them.
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