Death By Coconut: A Story Of Food Obsession Gone Too Far Plus 4 More Stories

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The Salt Death By Coconut: A Story Of Food Obsession Gone Too Far August Engelhardt believed coconuts were a nutritional and spiritual panacea. So in 1902, he sailed to the South Pacific to start a utopian cult that survived only on the fruit. It ended calamitously. Read this story Science And Medicine Rethinking SIDS: Many Deaths No Longer A Mystery For years, little was known about why babies died suddenly and unexpectedly in their sleep. But now, many of these deaths are believed to be preventable accidents caused by unsafe sleep practices. That's led some to question whether the term sudden infant death syndrome is still relevant. Read this story The Two-Way San Bernardino Shootings: What We Know, One Day After Police said they discovered a stockpile of ammunition and explosives inside a house connected to the suspects, husband and wife Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who were killed in a shootout Wednesday. Read this story The Two-Way What We Know About The Alleged Planned Parenthood Shooter Robert Dear lived off the grid, and those who knew him described a troubled man who preferred solitude. Police say Dear opened fire at a Planned Parenthood center, killing three and wounding nine. Read this story Shots - Health News Loneliness May Warp Our Genes, And Our Immune Systems Loneliness takes a toll on many aspects of health, in part because it activates a fight-or-flight immune response. That may have helped ancestors survive lonely exile, but can slowly kill us today. Read this story

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