Endocrinologists are warning us in a paper for an upcoming issue of the
journal Endocrinology

that some of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing - fracking - can disrupt the body's hormones. 

Individuals with a family history of premature heart disease, heart attacks or stroke in a first degree relative before the age of 60 years, continue to have a higher risk of dying despite earlier referral to general physicians, lifestyle changes and drug treatments. 

 Doctors are aware of the increased risk individuals with family history of heart disease face, with around a 40% higher chance of being affected than the average population. In response, these individuals are usually referred earlier for interventions to reduce the risk, but research published by the University of Glasgow in the European Heart Journal has shown that even when early interventions are instituted, these patients are still 12-20% more likely to die prematurely. 

Tests conducted by scientists from Rice, Nankai and Tianjin universities at two wastewater treatment plants in northern China revealed antibiotic-resistant bacteria were not only escaping purification but also breeding and spreading.  

The "superbugs" were carrying New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1), a multidrug-resistant gene first identified in India in 2010, in wastewater even after being disinfected by chlorination. Significant levels of NDM-1 were found in the effluent released to the environment and even higher levels in dewatered sludge applied to soils. 

Want to boil water in less than a trillionth of a second?

Now you can, if you are at the Hamburg Center for Free-Electron Laser Science and can find someone to build your theoretical concept.

Still, heating water 600 degrees Celsius in just half a picosecond seems like a fun application. If it ever does get built, it will be the fastest water-heating method on earth.  

It seems like common sense to want to avoid foodborne illnesses but the naturalistic fallacy regarding food has extended to milk - with claims that raw milk somehow wards off disease and is better for you.

While no one should drink it if they aren't absolutely sure how it was produced, like cigarettes, raw milk should especially be avoided by pregnant woman and kids.

A new policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics

Americans' perceptions of income inequality are largely over-inflated due to political and cultural grandstanding, at least when compared with actual census data.