Author: Jessica Keyes
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Do You Have a Face-Finding Superpower for Fighting Crime?
Scotland Yard has a team of super-recognizers.
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Think Your Body Is Infested With Insects? You’re Not Alone.
More people are turning to entomologists to diagnose seemingly inexplicable sensations of parasites crawling on their bodies.
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Watch What Happens When Scavengers Find a Several-Ton Carcass
Huge animals play outsized roles in their ecosystems—even in death.
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Fact or Fiction: Can You Really Sweat Out Toxins?
There are plenty of good reasons to work up a sweat. Detoxifying your body isn’t one of them.
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Why You Shouldn’t Eat a Slug (In Case You Need Reasons)
Hint: A brain-infesting worm carried by gastropods is spreading around the world.
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Parasitic Worms Found in a Woman’s Eye—First Case of Its Kind
An Oregon woman’s infection marks the first time on record that an eye worm species normally found in cattle has been seen in humans.
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You Can Smell When Someone’s Sick—Here’s How
The curious case of a woman who can smell Parkinson’s reminds us our noses are our first defense against illness.
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Welcome to the World’s Most Awesomely Awful Places
Take a tour of the most hellish and deadly natural wonders, from sulfur-choked pits to a bloody waterfall.
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How Dog and Cat ‘Kisses’ Can Turn Deadly
A host of potential pathogens lurks in each slobbery or scratchy lick.
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How ‘Talking’ Corpses Were Once Used to Solve Murders
For centuries, oozing wounds were seen as proof of guilt in court—but even in death, women’s testimony was considered less credible than men’s.