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A simple burning sensation may not always be "just gas." Doctors say upper abdominal pain can sometimes hide a liver cyst or ...

I remember the day I got obsessed with a tiny, see-through worm. I was in a classroom at Northeastern University, where I worked at the time, giving a science-communication workshop to a group of ...

Neil McIntosh looks at the onerous list of requirements dog owners have to meet before being allowed to take their pet to Australia - and wonders why the UK doesn't do the same.