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A new start on life: Deaf 18-month-old Opal is youngest child to have hearing restored by gene therapy
Baby from England, is the youngest child to come close to “normal hearing levels” in a gene therapy trial to ...
‘Tool of major corporations’? CRISPR gene editing and other new breeding techniques are improving yields and climate resiliency, but opposition from environmental advocacy groups slows adoption
While genetically modified crops may still provoke fear and uncertainty, some scientists argue that not only can they help to ...
What is ‘menopause brain’? Imaging shows dramatic structural changes in midlife that can impact behavior
For decades, some doctors have told women that the brain fog, insomnia and mood swings they experience in midlife are “all ...
Bionic eyes? Congenital blindness affects more than 2 million people. Possible gene editing solutions are within reach
As a child, Max Hodak learned to develop film in a darkroom with his late grandfather who was almost blind ...
Viewpoint: Banning fledgling lab-grown meat industry nothing more than ‘conservative nanny states prohibiting the voluntary consumption of products that mostly don’t exist yet’
Last year, the Agriculture Department approved some companies to sell lab-grown chicken; other lab-cultured meats (such as beef, pork and ...
Weight loss and fertility: Ozempic users report unexpected side effect — surprise pregnancies
Across social media, women who have used Ozempic or similar medications for diabetes or weight loss are reporting an unexpected ...
Can this DNA test predict your chances of getting addicted to opioids? FDA approval stirs controversy
Using a swab inside the cheek and a sophisticated computer algorithm, a DNA test recently approved by federal regulators promises to ...
Defying critics, US honeybee population continues five-year surge to record high — but not all the news is good
After almost two decades of relentless colony collapse coverage and years of grieving suspiciously clean windshields, we were stunned to run the numbers on the new ...
Weight gain, infertility, depression and anxiety: Online misinformation abounds about birth control — prompting women to forgo contraception
Search for “birth control” on TikTok or Instagram and a cascade of misleading videos vilifying hormonal contraception appear: Young women blaming their weight gain on ...
Ancient African shrub ibogaine causes psychedelic hallucinations — and can reduce anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Why is it restricted in the US?
Stephen Jones suffers from a traumatic brain injury, but a psychedelic called ibogaine eased his suffering ...
When did our human ancestors arrive in Europe? 1.4-million-year-old artifacts made by hominids track their migration
An artifact-rich archaeological site in western Ukraine may be the oldest spot in Europe to contain evidence of early humans ...
Hairy questions: As scientists edge closer to resurrecting mammoths, a host of ethical and scientific issues arise
Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology company based in Dallas, announced [March 6] that it has produced a line of Asian elephant ...
Erectile dysfunction drug Viagra may help prevent brain aging
Viagra can be a wonder drug for men with erectile dysfunction, and now new research suggests it may also be ...
Ozempic and body positivity: Inside the ‘industry-wide strategy to use plus-size influencers to sell injectable weight-loss medication’
When Virgie Tovar got an email asking her to promote injectable weight-loss medications on her social media, she thought it was spam ...
Oysters have long been thought of as an aphrodisiac. Does science agree?
Experts say oysters do contain elements that may enhance sex drive, though there is no scientific evidence showing a direct ...
Are frozen embryos children? Alabama high court thinks so
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled February 16 that frozen embryos are people and someone can be held liable for destroying ...
Scans of 10,000 brains show dramatic memory benefits from just 4 minutes of daily exercise
Exercising for 25 minutes a week, or less than four minutes a day, could help to bulk up our brains ...
Ear-ringing tinnitus is unrelenting and untreatable. Here’s a new strategy on how to live with it
An innovative treatment offers hope to the millions of people who hear sounds that others don’t. Here’s how it works ...
Political psychology: Democrats and Republicans exist on polarized extremes
The United States, though politically fractious since its founding, is more polarized than ever, the rhetoric more inflammatory, the rage ...
3 billion years ago, a rock four times the size of Mount Everest hit Earth. Here’s how this kickstarted evolution
When Earth first formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago, lava lakes sizzled under a thick greenhouse atmosphere during the Hadean ...
‘Warning written in wood’: 200-year-old tree reveals silent climate distress signal sent by one of Earth’s longest-living organisms
Cutting-edge techniques are allowing researchers to observe how the rings from long-lived trees form in real time ...
Modernizing ancient techniques: How harnessing microbes could make alternative proteins more palatable
There’s a growing category of foods using an age-old technique that experts say could be a dark horse in the ...
Galactic concerts: ‘What if traveling to space could yield incomparable beauty in the form of art and music?’
Within a decade, a trip off the planet could become as accessible as an airline ticket, and in 15-20 years, ...
Sucralose, aspartame, stevia: With the use of sugar substitutes continuing to rise, questions mount about their impact on diets
Many people are cutting back on their sugar intake for health reasons. But the food industry has found another way ...
How ‘detransitioners’ are affecting gender-affirming care laws across the US
Dozens of detransitioners have gained prominence this year, suing the doctors and clinics from which they received care ...
Why African farmers fighting against notoriously low yields need innovation to survive inflation and starvation in a warming world
Rising temperatures mean large chunks of Africa are whipsawing between increasingly severe droughts and more frequent and intense cyclones, threatening ...
‘We’ve got miraculous therapies for ‘bubble boy disease’ that don’t fit in anyone’s business model’: Mainstream care elusive for most patients because of high costs
Hataałii Tiisyatonii “HT” Begay was born with a form of severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID, which meant he had virtually ...
One woman, two uteruses, two separate pregnancies. How could this be possible?
When Kelsey Hatcher visited her obstetrician for an ultrasound this year, she smiled when an image of a healthy fetus ...
