Ars Technica
Curaleaf’s unproven claims that CBD treats cancer, Alzheimer’s, chronic pain draws FDA warning
The company Curaleaf claims that it has developed products that can treat a slew of the most formidable conditions found ...
Viewpoint: Why the New York Times failed with its coverage of overhyped probiotics obesity treatment
Adding to the steaming pile of unsubstantiated hype over probiotics, the New York Times ran an uncritical article ... suggesting ...
Tiny electric signals in the brains of comatose patients may help predict who will wake up
Researchers may have found a way to detect inklings of consciousness in comatose and vegetative patients just days after they ...
Vaccines for influenza, other diseases will be ‘printed’ at home in the future
Rather than warehouses of refrigerated cures for static diseases, we need a highly distributed agile system for producing vaccines and ...
Video: Tech guru and author Rob Reid on synthetic biology’s power to help or destroy us
In 2011, two separate research teams—one in Holland, the other in Wisconsin—set out to repair this "defect" in H5N1. By ...
Why the world needs a DNA-based ‘threat-detection network’ to counter the rapid spread of pathogens
Our ancestors were accustomed to spending their entire lives in walking distance of their birthplace, but our modern world is ...
Fecal transplant death sparks new FDA screening precautions, pause of clinical trials
One patient has died and another became seriously ill after fecal transplants inadvertently seeded their innards with a multi-drug resistant ...
How augmented reality and avatars could change the way we interact
According to researchers at Stanford University, layering computer-generated content, like someone's avatar, onto a real-world environment will influence people's behavior ...
A tale of two GMO crops: Why were omega-3 producing plants developed faster than golden rice?
One of the arguments that has been advanced to promote genetically engineered crops is that .... [c]rops could be engineered ...
DNA found in 10,000-year-old ‘chewing gum’ sheds light on ancient Sweden
In the 1990s, archaeologists recovered a few chewed-up lumps of birch bark pitch, some of which still held fingerprints and ...
‘Brazen’ biohacker under investigation by California health officials for ‘genetic self-experimentation’
Prominent genetic "biohacker" Josiah Zayner is under investigation by California state officials for practicing medicine without a license. Zayner has ...
Why loss of sleep is ‘having a catastrophic impact on our health’
According to neuroscientist Matthew Walker, I'm doing serious damage to my health—and life—by not sleeping enough. "The decimation of sleep ...
Glimpse into enslaved woman’s life offered by DNA found in clay pipe at Maryland plantation
Clay pipes used for smoking were so common in the 1700s and 1800s that it’s not very remarkable to find ...
Chasing the origin of hallucinations in the brain
People under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs like LSD often experience vivid visual hallucinations. But exactly what is happening within ...
Viewpoint: ‘Chickenpox parties’ aren’t just unnecessary—they’re incredibly dangerous
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin made headlines [March 19] after revealing in a radio interview that he had purposefully exposed his ...
Why gene editing isn’t ready for treating human disease: It’s not ‘efficient enough’
Gene editing will likely always come with a bit of risk; when you're cutting and pasting DNA in millions of ...
Some of us may have ‘divine healing’ poop for treatment of gut disorders
Scientists often seem to be on a quest for sacred chalices or sterling ammo. But a group of microbiologists has ...
Video: Are biotech crops safe? A brief history of the GMO debate
Recent studies show the general public and the scientific community are deeply divided on the perceived safety of GMOs. Ars ...
‘Attack’ on masculinity? Psychology association defends new clinical guidelines for males
The American Psychological Association is on the defensive over its newly released clinical guidance for treating boys and men, which links ...
Using stem cells to trace autism’s development to earliest days of pregnancy
Figuring out how autism starts is complicated. … [A] large international team obtained skin cells from eight autistic people and ...
Plague genome offers clues about origins of Black Death pandemic
Yersinia pestis, the subject of [Barbara Bramanti’s] research, is the bacterium responsible for three bubonic plague pandemics over human history ...
Searching for the genetic links to ADHD risk
If you have ADHD, chances are higher that your siblings do, too. Estimates differ as to how strong the connection ...
Missing data? African study shows why we need to expand the human reference genome
The human genome sequence, first published in 2001, has some important information missing. The latest version of it, called GRCh38, ...
Does being a night owl increase breast cancer risk?
A paper presented at the National Cancer Research Institute [November 5] has made for some flashy headlines, like this confident declaration from India’s Economic Times: ...
Can llamas give us a universal flu vaccine?
Llama antibodies are different from ours. Our antibodies are a mix of two pairs of proteins, heavy and light, wrapped ...
300,000-year-old stone tools found in Saudi Arabian desert could shed light on human migration out of Africa
Stone tools unearthed in Saudi Arabia’s inhospitable Nefud Desert indicate that members of our genus Homo had ventured beyond the ...
‘Gender-equality paradox’: Why are differences stronger in wealthier, gender-equal nations?
In Sweden, girls are just as likely to go to school and university as boys are. Women make up a greater ...
Rats and hepatitis E: How animal diseases jump to humans
The first known case of rat hepatitis jumping to a human patient has reopened a long-standing mystery of how the ...
