Professors are going crazy over an intense, 10-step Korean beauty routine
I first heard of what’s known as the 10-step Korean skin care routine when my colleague Dorothy Kim, a professor of medieval literature at Vassar College, sent me a stack of peculiar-looking sheet...
View ArticleThe CDC just released new guidelines about the fast-spreading Zika virus
The Zika virus, which has only recently moved beyond Africa and Southeast Asia, has already had debilitating effects in the Americas. It's especially problematic in Brazil, where it's appears to be...
View ArticleThe untreatable Zika virus is expanding its reach — and it's not letting up...
The Zika virus, which is quickly becoming a global problem, has made its way into more countries. The CDC released travel health notices Friday that named eight more countries in which the disease has...
View ArticleAn untreatable virus is spreading in the country that's about to host the...
An as-of-yet untreatable virus with relatively unknown consequences could interfere with the Olympics this summer.That disease is Zika, and Brazil, which is set to host the games in August, has been...
View ArticlePresident Obama is worried about an untreatable virus that's carried by...
President Barack Obama called for the rapid development of diagnostics, vaccines, and treatments for the Zika virus, which poses a growing threat to most of the Americas.Obama was briefed on the topic...
View ArticleThe president of Carnegie Mellon is working on a simple blood test that uses...
If Subra Suresh weren’t the president of Carnegie Mellon University, he says he’d create a startup. But even as head of the college, he’s been able to help build the technology for his dream company,...
View ArticleCaitlyn Jenner and Adele were just added to an exhibition of the most...
Annie Leibovitz, the celebrated photographer who has taken photos of everyone from Queen Elizabeth II to John Lennon, just added new portraits to "Women," a series she began 15 years ago."Women: New...
View ArticleAn untreatable virus has arrived in the US — and we're woefully underprepared
An untreatable virus that's begun making global headlines is posing a growing threat to the majority of countries in the Americas. On Tuesday, President Obama voiced his concerns for the Zika virus...
View ArticleAll the places the untreatable Zika virus has spread to so far
The Zika virus is quickly expanding its reach, particularly in the Americas. So far its spread has drawn concern from the World Health Organization, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
View Article‘Moo’ sounds, hiding pregnancies and having ideas stolen — this is how bad it...
Former investment banker-turned-novelist Maureen Sherry has shared a jaw-dropping account in the New York Times on Saturday about her experience with sexism on Wall Street.Sherry, who worked as a...
View ArticleA simple explanation of the ‘explosive’ and untreatable Zika virus
There's a new disease that's spreading in South America, and it could hit the United States soon. It's called the Zika virus, and there is no cure for it.There's some good news, and some bad news with...
View ArticleAdidas just revealed an ingeniously designed women's running shoe
The Adidas Boost cushioning tech — which premiered in 2013 and quickly made a splash with urban runners and style icons like Kanye West– just found a new form in the Adidas PureBOOST X, a women's...
View ArticleMore than 30 travelers returning to the US have been found to have the...
An untreatable virus has already been detected in numerous US travelers returning from areas where the disease is spreading.The Zika virus has been detected in 31 travelers returning to the US in 11...
View ArticleA ridiculous new game trailer highlights how far video games still have to go
Video games have come a long way since the days of "Pong" and "Donkey Kong."Not only have the games gotten far better looking (as evidenced above by PlayStation 4 exclusive "Detroit"), but they've also...
View ArticleHere is what life is like for women and children in the Calais 'Jungle'
Life in the infamous Calais Jungle, the temporary camp on the French coast where thousands of people live while trying to reach Britain, is gruelling — but being one of the women there is especially...
View ArticleA wacky conspiracy is circulating about Zika and GMOs — and it needs to stop
There's a wacky rumor going around about the Zika virus.It centers around the bogus idea that genetically modified mosquitoes are to blame for the recent Zika outbreak across the Americas.A number of...
View ArticleThousands of pregnant women in Colombia have been infected with the...
BOGOTA (Reuters) — More than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country's national health institute said on Saturday, as the disease continues its...
View ArticleThe untreatable Zika virus has been declared an international public health...
There's a new virus called Zika spreading in South America, and on Monday it was declared a "public health emergency of international concern" by the World Health Organization, officially establishing...
View ArticleThe US has its first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus related to the...
The first case of the untreatable Zika virus being transmitted sexually has just been confirmed, NBC reports.This is the first time the Zika virus has been transmitted in the US. The Zika virus has...
View ArticleHere are the places Zika would most likely be transmitted if it became an...
Zika virus is making its way around the Americas.It's expected to arrive in every country in the Americas with the exception of continental Chile and Canada, but it remains to be seen which parts of...
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