Skip to main content

Morning Overview

Author

BeckhamLangford

Latest Articles by BeckhamLangford

An inherited cholesterol most people never test for is tied to higher stroke and heart death

New cholesterol guidelines just made another 21.5 million Americans eligible for statins

8 dinosaur skeletons you can stand beneath in a museum today

8 US volcanoes scientists watch most closely for the next eruption

The fat you cannot see, wrapped around your organs, is the kind that hurts you most

Losing muscle after 50 quietly raises the odds of an early death

9 giant telescopes and observatories scanning the sky right now

Low cardio fitness can be deadlier than smoking, a large study of treadmill tests found

Grip strength predicts how long you will live better than blood pressure, studies find

A palm-sized octopus carries a venom with no antidote and flashes blue before it strikes

The cassowary’s dagger-clawed kick makes it the bird most likely to kill you

A jellyfish can rewind its own body to youth and may never truly die

One bite from Australia’s inland taipan holds enough venom to kill 100 adults

The Greenland shark can live for 400 years, outlasting the ships that once hunted it

A single cone snail sting can kill, and its venom is also a painkiller blueprint

The box jellyfish carries enough venom to stop a human heart in minutes

1 82 83 84 85 86 519