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The dark side of convenient foods: 32 health problems from heart disease to depression are associated with ultra-processed foods, new study claims
Many studies have indicated that ultra-processed foods are uniquely bad for our health. But the authors of this latest research, published ...
Nightmare germ: A look back at terrifying Mad Cow Epidemic that began in the 1980s
One of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be discovered was mad cow disease, a fatal prion-spread illness that ...
Human Genome Project was completed 20 years ago. Here’s how it has revolutionized science
For the 20-year anniversary of this historic event, we took a look back at the Human Genome Project and its impact ...
No extinct species has yet been brought back to life. Not discouraged, Colossal Biosciences adds the Dodo to its list of de-extinction targets
Genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences said [January 31] that it will try to resurrect the extinct dodo bird, and it’s ...
Want taller kids? Skip the coffee while pregnant, study suggests
Research out recently may one day complicate the standard advice given to pregnant people about drinking coffee. The study found ...
One of the deadliest diseases is on the rise again: Tuberculosis caused 1.6 million deaths last year alone
One of the deadliest diseases in the world is once again gaining steam. A new report this week by the ...
Mutiny: Here’s how glioblastoma uses the brain against itself to spread cancer and resist treatment
New research this week suggests that an aggressive brain cancer can hijack the brain’s own circuitry to further spread and ...
Tirzepatide: Drug in trials that can help you shed 50 pounds or more is as effective as bariatric surgery
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly [recently] disclosed the latest data from a phase III trial of its experimental type 2 diabetes ...
Viewpoint: Why almost all research showing homeopathy efficacy is worthless
Research on homeopathy, a 200-year-old form of alternative medicine, is often biased to make it look more effective than it ...
Will there ever be a cure for addiction? Scientists weigh in
Up top we should note that there are many different kinds of addiction, and many different kinds of people, and ...
Self-spreading immunity? The potential dark side to preventing future pandemics with vaccines that spread like viruses
Imagine a future scenario in which a dangerous new virus is detected in chimpanzees. To prevent this virus from spreading ...
Stem-cell therapy can cure… everything? Sketchy clinics selling untested and often illegal treatments proliferate
Sketchy clinics selling untested and often illegal stem cell treatments in the U.S. are proliferating, new research out [November 4] ...
Mystery envelops Homo naledi child skull fragments found in South African cave
Named “Leti,” this is the first known skull belonging to a Homo naledi child—a fossil that’s shedding new light onto ...
How can we transform industrial manufacturing from a major carbon dioxide source to a CO2 sink?
About one-quarter of greenhouse gas emissions are associated with the manufacture of the products we use. While a small number ...
Puppy love: Dogs are born to understand people. Here’s how culture and evolution worked together
The fate of dog and man has been entwined for millennia (exactly how long is still a question, with estimates ...
Too smart for our own good: How artificial superintelligence could lead to humanity’s demise
Imagine systems, whether biological or artificial, with levels of intelligence equal to or far greater than human intelligence. Radically enhanced ...
‘Optogenetics’ miracle? Gene therapy and high-tech goggles partially restore sight to man blinded for 40 years
[A new gene therapy to treat blindness] relies on something called optogenetics. The idea is to edit nerve cells collected ...
60 years monitoring 60 million stars and no trace of alien life
[R]adio signals continue to be the most popular SETI target, as focused radio emissions could signal the presence of an ...
No, President Biden is not gunning to ruin your Memorial Day Weekend and ban hamburgers (as rightwing politicians and media allege)
[A]ll Republicans want to talk about right now is meat, and how Joe Biden is planning to limit you to ...
‘Brain glue’: A new way to help people with traumatic brain injuries
Severe traumatic brain injuries, the sort caused by life-threatening accidents or assault that can send people into comas, are very ...
Hobbit-sized humans appear to have lived as recently as 50,000 years ago
Fossil evidence of [Homo floresiensis and Homo luzonensis found in Southeast Asia], described in 2004 and 2019 respectively, suggests these ...
How animals perceive time
[Are animals] entirely free from the temporal plane? Do they perceive it in any way? Do some species perceive it ...
Viewpoint: It’s time to extend the limit on human embryo research from 14 to 28 days
[The 14-day limit for human embryo research was originally] chosen because it’s only after this stage that the central nervous ...
A nasal spray to fend off the common cold?
[An] experimental drug—delivered via nasal spray—could help the immune system fend off all sorts of respiratory infections. The treatment is ...
Morbid curiosity? This study records what some people’s last moments alive were like
There’s no shortage of morbid curiosity surrounding death. But according to the researchers behind this project, known as the Death ...
We might be able to send GMOs to other planets. But is it a good idea?
First: Could we populate another planet with genetically modified organisms? Second: Should we? … Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Professor of Planetary Habitability and Astrobiology ...
Ebola-like virus, Chapare, emerges in Bolivia
[A new] disease, caused by the Chapare virus, killed three people and is thought to have sickened at least five during [an] ...
Black biologist Charles Henry Turner’s groundbreaking research on animal cognition remains largely unacknowledged
A new Perspectives essay published in Science describes the contributions of biologist Charles H. Turner (1867-1923), an American zoologist whose “early discoveries ...