It's a technological marvel, sure, but flying is generally miserable and, for those of us who're a little phobic, terrifying too. And now there's yet another reason to squirm in your seat with discomfort: germs! Apparently, invisible goodies like MRSA and E. coli stick around airplanes for way too long. » 5/20/14 4:50pm 5/20/14 4:50pm

Your mother's intense concern about you getting salmonella as a youth has just been put into perspective: a new study indicates that hands and cutting boards in hospitals and homes that have been in contact with poultry "remain a source of transmission for multi-drug resistant bacteria." » 4/17/14 12:00pm 4/17/14 12:00pm

Refrigerator meat compartments, blender gaskets, can openers, and rubber spatulas are where the bulk of the germs live in your kitchen, according to a new study that suggests that we're all a bunch of filthy animals who essentially create petri dish-like environments out of our household items because we don't know… » 3/29/13 12:20pm 3/29/13 12:20pm

Brace your bladders, ladies. It appears that the bacteria E. coli, which is so fond of invading our sensitive lady urethras on a regular basis and wreaking all kinds of painful havoc up in our tracts, is growing smarter and learning to overcome our best defenses. A new study of over 12 million bacteria found that E.… » 5/01/12 9:30am 5/01/12 9:30am

All this time, you thought the painful curse of a urinary tract infection was simply your body punishing you for having too much of that slutty sex the Republicans keep talking about. Well, guess what? It might actually be the chicken you're eating that's really to blame. The CDC has found that most of the UTIs in the… » 3/19/12 9:30am 3/19/12 9:30am

Who among us has not turned to prepackaged cookie dough for comfort during some dark or cozy moment in our lives? It's so creamy and convenient and soothing to the soul. Sure, we know it isn't exactly good for us, but it's always seemed relatively harmless. Well, it turns out our old food friend can actually be a… » 12/11/11 2:05pm 12/11/11 2:05pm

Nestle has recalled Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after several people fell ill from gorging on it raw, which their packaging apparently advises against. (E. Coli warning on raw dough: dough-gorgers as Surgeon General's Warning: chain-smokers.) [LAT] » 6/19/09 11:20am 6/19/09 11:20am

Scientists in San Diego say they have developed a process for making genetically modified E. coli bacteria consume sugar and "excrete" the key ingredient in spandex. This is how it starts! [Technology Review] » 6/02/09 5:20pm 6/02/09 5:20pm

Did you hear? The new chick flick Over Her Dead Body opens today, starring Eva Longoria — sorry — Eva Longoria Parker, Lake Bell and Paul Rudd. In it, Kate (Longoria Parker), a super shrew, dies in a freak accident on the day of her wedding. After mourning her death for the better part of a year, her fiance, a… » 2/01/08 1:30pm 2/01/08 1:30pm

• Britney should be worried about her liver, and not just because of her coke snorting and purple drank-ing — because of her Taco Bell-laden diet. A recent study showed that mice on a high fat diet were much more susceptible to liver injury. [Science Daily]
  
• The World Toilet Summit is currently getting "down to business"…
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• Anne Heche's estranged husband goes out on a limb and calls her "mentally unstable." [People.com]
  
• Consider yourself warned: Make faces at a dog, and the police may bust yo' ass. [ABC News]
  
• We take some solace in the fact that apparently we needn't worry about bald eagles... [CNN]
  
• ...Which is a good thing, because birds…
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