Humans Are Crude Linguists From The Moment

There's No One Place A Virus Goes To Die - But That Doesn't Make Its Demise Any Less A Public Health Victory. Throughout Human History, Viral Diseases Have Had Their Way With Us, And For Just As Long, We Have Hunted Them Down And Done Our Best To Wipe Them Out.

The Families Of Many Athletes - Incensed At The Sports Leagues And Hoping To Make Games Safer Overall - Are Increasingly Making The Brains Of Players Who Die Prematurely And Suspiciously Available For Study. Some Athletes Are Even Making The Bequest Themselves.

Toxins Love To Get You While You're Young. Lead, Mercury, Secondhand Smoke And Sundry Other Environmental Nasties Do A Lot More Damage When Tissue Is Immature, Vulnerable And Growing Than When It's Mature And Comparatively Fixed.

Kids Whose Puberty Begins Too Soon Face Not Just Psychological Risks, But Physical Ones Too, With An Increased Likelihood Of Cancer, As Well As Skeletal Changes That Could Prevent Them From Attaining Their Full Adult Height.

Since Narcissism Is Fueled By A Greater Need To Be Admired Than To Be Liked, Psychologists Might Use That Fact As A Therapeutic Lever - Stressing To Patients That Being Known As A Narcissist Will Actually Cause Them To Lose The Respect And Social Status They Crave.