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China's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal

5.22.13 at 1:45pm by Louisa Lim

In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.

Research Reveals Yeasty Beasts Living On Our Skin

5.22.13 at 1:45pm by Rob Stein

While studying microorganisms on humans is not new, tracking fungi is. In a census of sorts, scientists checked the skin of healthy volunteers. They found an expansive ecosystem of silent inhabitants.

'I Have Not Done Anything Wrong,' Key IRS Official Says

5.22.13 at 12:00pm by Mark Memmott

Lois Lerner, who's at the center of the political firestorm over her agency's singling out of some conservative groups for extra scrutiny, invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions from Congress.

Fifteen Years After A Vaccine Scare, A Measles Epidemic

5.22.13 at 12:00pm by Nancy Shute

A measles epidemic in Wales that has infected more than 1,000 people is the fallout from a fraudulent paper linking the vaccine and autism published almost 15 years ago, health officials say. Many of the children and teenagers sick with measles were never vaccinated.

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