health The US has quit UNESCO, the UN agency that protects world heritage sites and teaches poor children to read Cory Doctorow

Food Here's what hospital food looks like in Japan Cory Doctorow

health Are your cells sedentary? Reanna Alder

History People walked slightly different in Medieval times Rob Beschizza

Business America's execs increasingly believe health insurance industry is worse than useless Cory Doctorow

books The Voynich Manuscript appears to be a fairly routine anthology of ancient women's health advice Cory Doctorow

health The science behind twitching eyelids Mark Frauenfelder

health Lifehacks from a longevity expert who just died at age 105 Andrea James

books All about the Black Death flea that killed 100 million people Amy Stewart

health Establishment Dems worried they'll get primaried if they don't back single-payer healthcare Cory Doctorow

health Big data + private health insurance = game over Cory Doctorow

health Amazon's "fish antibiotics" are a way for uninsured people to buy medicine without paying for doctor's visits Cory Doctorow

Science Audit shows that pharma companies are still cheating by suppressing trials Cory Doctorow

Business 70 top-paid US health industry CEOs raked in $9.8B since Obamacare passed Cory Doctorow

Weird Eye surgeon discovers that patient's irritated, dry eye is caused by a mass of dozens of lost contact lenses Cory Doctorow

law GOP lawmakers snap up surging health insurance stocks as they gut Obamacare Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Third Thumb: an opposable prosthetic enhancement Cory Doctorow

health Atul Gawande on the importance of preventative care and the disastrous Senate "health" bill Cory Doctorow

Business A Chinese vitamin MLM cult is replacing healthcare for poor Ugandans Cory Doctorow

health Wireless scale tracks your weight over time Mark Frauenfelder