1% of all Google searches are health queries. Cyberpsychologist Mary Aiken explains how artificial intelligence diagnostics lead to psychosomatic symptoms, and potentially explain the fourfold increase in iatrogenic death in the US since 1999.

Who are you? Good question. Harvard professor Michael Puett explores the idea of the "self", and how what you believe to be your true nature may actually just be patterns you've fallen into.

Researchers announce a potential breakthrough in using nanotechnology to fight cancer.

Researchers create tiny implants that promise new medical treatments via breakthrough brain-machine interaction.

Researchers find an unlikely source for the next superfood.

Researchers find that a compound within marijuana may potentially protect from the onset of Alzheimer's disease. 

A new study raises troubling questions about the use of commonly prescribed opioid painkillers.

A fascinating international study takes a look at what the average person does in a lifetime, broken down by days and percentages.

A first study of its kind finds that psilocybin-containing "magic" mushrooms can be effective in treating depression.

Brief bursts of intense exercise give the same health benefits as a long moderate workout.  

"Rage Yoga" is a new yoga movement that includes drinking beer, yelling out obscenities and a heavy metal soundtrack.  

Neil deGrasse Tyson and others consider whether alien diseases have the potential to wipe out humanity and maybe already have in the past.

Bad days, break-ups, or stress-filled meetings may have you craving some comfort food to ease your anxiety. But don't reach for that chocolate bar just yet.

My grandfather used to keep all sorts of things in the trunk of his car: Fishing gear, duct tape, aluminum foil, a large chain, a defused WWII hand grenade. When we asked why he squirreled away such a random assortment of items, he would shrug and say, "Just in case." That, in a nutshell, is why we should never destroy the smallpox virus. Just in case we need it someday.

Most Americans don't think twice about workplace safety. Perhaps they should. In newly updated numbers for 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 4,628 Americans met their demise while on the job.

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The U.S. Supreme Court determined that biotechnology companies are not allowed to patent genes. The Court has not gone far enough.