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Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the science behind giant, human-sized insects, explaining why such creatures can’t exist today ...

Deadly parasite-carrying bugs in the Triatomine family — known as kissing bugs — are popping up in Louisiana. The parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, causes Chagas disease, a disease endemic to South America ...

California health officials have confirmed infections with Chagas disease, a parasitic infection that can slowly damage the heart. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about seven ...

The month of November is winding down as the Thanksgiving holiday has come and gone, and for the Florida Panthers that might be a good thing. The defending back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions have lost ...

Scientists have traced kissing back to early primates, suggesting it began long before humans evolved. Their analysis points to great apes and even Neanderthals sharing forms of kissing millions of ...

West Nile virus is currently the best-known insect-borne illness in Colorado, and its effects can be absolutely devastating. Last year, Westword detailed the struggles of Rick Enstrom, a Denver-area ...

The hits just keep coming for the Florida Panthers, and now they're suffering injuries away from the rink too. On Wednesday, coach Paul Maurice announced that forward Eetu Luostarinen is expected to ...

For humans, kissing holds major cultural cachet, accompanying confessions of romantic love, religious rituals of reverence and even betrayals, à la The Godfather Part II’s “kiss of death.” New ...

It seems that kissing is an age-old practice, spanning back 21 million years. This is the finding of University of Oxford and Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) researchers who have unearthed ...

Early humans like Neanderthals probably kissed, and our ape ancestors could have done so as far back as 21 million years ago. There is wide debate over when humans began kissing romantically. Ancient ...

A new study that examines how kissing evolved suggests that ape ancestors and early humans like Neanderthals probably locked lips with their friends and sexual partners. The behavior may date back 21 ...