Article courtesy of the New York Times Nearly 30 million people in the United States — and probably many others whose illnesses were never diagnosed — have been infected with the coronavirus so far. Should these people still be vaccinated? Two new studies answer that[...]
Article courtesy of the NIH and PubMed Abstract Background: Mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) in tissues and blood can be altered in conditions like diabetes and major depression and may play a role in aging and longevity. However, little is known about the association between mtDNAcn[...]
Article courtesy of The GuardianAs the world’s top human genome editing researchers gather in London, the ethical issues posed by pioneering scientific advances will be high on their agenda. The name He Jiankui is not listed as a registered delegate for the Third International Summit on[...]
Original article courtesy of Technology Networks Parenting behavior is deeply linked to the ability to empathize with one’s children. Thus, to better understand why certain parents react to certain situations in a certain way, it is crucial to gain insight into how empathy is shaped. Scientists[...]
Article courtesy of Salon Prominent scientists in different fields say that there are clues that life could have started on the red planetOn February 18, NASA's Perseverance rover will parachute through thin Martian air, marking a new era in red planet exploration. Landing on the Jezero[...]
Article courtesy of Business Insider The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to the underworld every night. One day, as Gods began sacrificing[...]
Article courtesy of Ars Technica She severs sea slugs down by the seashore... or rather, Sayaka Mitoh does so in the lab.At least two species of sacoglossan sea slugs are capable of severing their own heads from their bodies and then growing an entirely new body,[...]
Article courtesy of The Guardian ~ Did you know that tomatoes respond to a high C note? Or that the prickly pear made red fabric popular, and yams helped create the contraceptive pill? Often beautiful, sometimes deadly, but constantly ingenious, plants are the sources of[...]
Article courtesy of National Geographic Rocks from deep inside the Chicxulub impact crater show what happened in the minutes to hours after one of our planet’s most catastrophic events.Inch by inch, the team pulled up the skinny core of ghostly white limestone from the ocean floor,[...]
Please click THIS LINK to access the paper.The attached white paper was published by the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy. It is written by Lori Marino and Michael Mountain. Lori is the Founder and Executive Director of The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy and of the[...]
Article originally appeared in the Guardian CDC study finds glyphosate, controversial ingredient found in weedkillers including popular Roundup brand, present in samples. More than 80% of urine samples drawn from children and adults in a US health study contained a weedkilling chemical linked to cancer, a[...]
Article courtesy of Nature Social contacts throughout a person’s lifetime seed the body with microbes that could influence health and disease. People living in the same household share more than just a roof (and pints of milk). Be they family or flatmate, housemates tend to have[...]
Article courtesy of TreeHugger Say what? Plants emit high-frequency sounds comparable in volume to normal human conversation.Imagine if your houseplant was thirsty, and it could tell you so. Chances are, it can—you just can't hear it. At least according to findings from researchers in Israel, who[...]
Article courtesy of National Geographic Research on the health of former lab animals shows that for chimpanzees, and probably for people, “it’s not physical activity, but inactivity, that makes us frail.” When Auntie Rose died in early 2007, she was the oldest wild chimpanzee known to[...]
Article courtesy of ScienceMag.com One mouse is hunched over, graying, and barely moves at 7 months old. Others, at 11 months, have sleek black coats and run around. The videos and other results from a new study have inspired hope for treating children born with progeria,[...]
Article courtesy of The Guardian After Coors sought to steer unconscious minds to thoughts of beer, scientists have called for curbs on ‘targeted dream incubation’ When brewing giant Coors launched a new advertising campaign earlier this year, the format came as a surprise to many. The[...]
Full research paper is available at Aging-us.com Manipulations to slow biological aging and extend healthspan are of interest given the societal and healthcare costs of our aging population. Herein we report on a randomized controlled clinical trial conducted among 43 healthy adult males between the ages[...]
Article courtesy of MedPage TodayData aren't clear, but one certainty is that less spread means less success for escape variants New variants of SARS-CoV-2 that potentially escape human immune response have the world on edge, raising concerns as to whether they will undermine efforts to bring[...]
Article from the New York Times Magazine ~ As medical and social advances mitigate diseases of old age and prolong life, the number of exceptionally long-lived people is increasing sharply. The United Nations estimates that there were about 95,000 centenarians in 1990 and more than[...]
Article courtesy of The Guardian “Badass” new method uses a magnetized protein to activate brain cells rapidly, reversibly, and non-invasively Researchers in the United States have developed a new method for controlling the brain circuits associated with complex animal behaviors, using genetic engineering to create[...]
Article courtesy of The Guardian One in eight people who get coronavirus also have first psychiatric or neurological illness within six months, research finds Throughout the pandemic, one of the more puzzling aspects of the coronavirus has been the prevalence of new mental or neurological illnesses[...]
Podcast courtesy of NPR ~ Listen here ~ Descendants of trauma victims seem to have worse health outcomes. Could epigenetics help explain why? Bianca Jones Marlin and Brian Dias walk us through the field of epigenetics and its potential implications in trauma inheritance. This episode was[...]
Article courtesy of The Urban Monk We’re Homo sapiens, not Neanderthals. Although the species diverged around 650,000 years ago, they also existed at the same time, and probably mated. However, we lived drastically different lifestyles, and eventually… Neanderthals died out. Neanderthals hunted – like the cavemen we picture in our minds[...]
Published by National Geographic, April 7, 2022 Thousands of people repeatedly exposed to the virus never got sick. Scientists hope their DNA may hold clues to new kinds of treatments. After dodging COVID-19 several times during the pandemic, flight attendant Angeliki Kaoukaki wondered if she was[...]