Though malaria affects half the world’s population, Europe is giddy that at least it isn't touching them. No new cases were reported last year. It must feel good to be part of the epidemiological 1 percent.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can certainly buy a nice house, a boat or a plane tickets to Hawaii. That has to count for something, right? According to scientists, it does. A recent study from Cambridge University found people who spend money on things they enjoy, like hobbies and other interests, tend to be happier than their peers.

Something is rotten in Denmark. Researchers there published a ridiculous study on all the things that BPA doesn't do. But if you believe it — and you shouldn't — there could be some utility. You see, BPA might make female rats swim faster, perhaps one of the most critical problems facing the world today. Science thanks you.

Aerated chocolate is all the rage— bringing you the same, delicious taste of chocolate, without— apparently, the same amount of calories. But is the weight-conscious chocolate all it's cracked up to be?

Occasionally we hear improbable stories, like one about a person who's left unscathed from a disaster that kills hundreds. In a way, we might consider this type of person to be "superhuman." Similarly, a recent study has uncovered a new subset of people who are genetically superhuman, described as otherwise healthy people who have survived despite having genes that signal fatal diseases.

Earlier this year, the EPA issued its “preliminary assessment” of imidacloprid, the first commercially available, widely-used neonicotinoid pesticide. But its assessment wasn’t so favorable (or accurate) for cotton and citrus crops. But as guest writer Henry Miller explains, in reaching its conclusions the EPA ignored persuasive scientific evidence.

Proponents of organic agriculture have succeeded in scaring many consumers about the supposed dangers of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. But few have thought to examine the effects of those chemicals approved for use under organic rules. At least some, such as copper sulfate, are also dangerous for beneficial species such as bees.

The organic food industry of deluding the American public into thinking that it doesn't use nasty chemicals to grow its produce. Except, that's a complete lie. One of the pesticides it uses is more toxic than what's in a can of Raid. Here's the buzz ...

Would you feed your baby milk produced by yeast? Or milk produced by a 3-D printer? Both are on the horizon, but you should have plenty of time to make that decision since they're still in the development stage.

To cope with high pollen levels during vigorous exercise should an athlete pop a couple of antihistamines? There’s no definitive answer, but new research finds that 27 percent of genes activated after vigorous exercise become blunted in their responses during a three-hour recovery period, if exercisers had taken strong doses of antihistamines.