Articles by Michael Irving
After centuries of medical science, it's reasonable to assume that we have a complete tally of all the organs in the human body by now.Β
But scientists just keep discovering new ones working thankle...
This Week in Science: Staring at the Sun, unraveling the 'farm effect', and much more!
First up: You're not imagining it it turns out that some people really do attract more mosquitoes than others. οΏ½...
Have you ever heard a voice when you were completely alone? Or felt the presence of some unseen being?
You're not alone; around 60 percent of Americans believe they've had some kind of unexplainableοΏ½...
A cup of coffee or two (or three) in the morning is one of the most common pleasures of the modern world. But how guilty should we feel about indulging in it?
A new scientific statement by the AmeriοΏ½...
Oral cancer might not be one that many people think to look out for, but its prevalence is rising and it can be deadly.
As with many cancers, catching it early is key to the best outcomes but diagnoοΏ½...
Dementia is often associated with older people, but it doesn't just appear out of nowhere.
Some risk factors may begin before we're even born, while others emerge as we progress through childhood inοΏ½...
If you're trying to listen carefully to something, it might be better to keep your eyes open.
This surprising finding goes against instinct and conventional wisdom, which suggests closing your eyes οΏ½...
Despite its importance, the heart is one of the few tissues in the human body that can't repair damage very well or at least, that's what has long been presumed. Scientists in Australia have now caugοΏ½...
Some mosquitoes have become increasingly reliant on human blood, new research shows and it's probably our own fault.
A sampling study of the bloodsuckers in Brazil has found that as biodiversity droοΏ½...
The secret to preventing tooth decay may have been hiding in your mouth all along. Increasing levels of an amino acid in saliva can turn bacterial biofilms from damaging to protective, a clinical stuοΏ½...
