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Over the past several years, the Keurig method of brewing coffee, which serves up one steaming cup using a single-serve coffee "pod," has massively...

The quest to lose weight can be a trial, and often requires us to do some difficult things. These include changing our eating and...

The holiday season has officially arrived and you, like many others, may be feeling the weight of gift-hunting, office parties, school performances and the...

No, unfortunately this headline is not a joke. The EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2014, also known as HR 1422, has just...

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We've heard of genetically engineered crops, genetically engineered lab animals and even Franken-Salmon (yuck!), but genetically engineered insects? It's no joke: GE insect-breeding is...

If you want something sweet, what's the better choice, a low calorie sweetener or sugar? The Institute of Medicine does not encourage consumption of...

A new study reported by The New York Times on October 30, examined the link between arsenic levels in well water from a Native...