Research, Space & Discovery
FDA Draws a Hard Line on Foreign Clinical Trials: No Inspection, No Trust
From tiny glass beads and a map of the Moon to Mercury, a new study uses an indirect method to determine the silicon dioxide content of Mercury’s surface. Mercury’s surface appears to contain substant...
A study led by the University of Jyväskylä in Finland evaluated, for the first time, an ecological threshold for the amount of clearcutting in boreal forests. According to the results, maintaining pop...
Scientists in Japan have identified a natural compound found in blueberries, grapes, and other berries that may help muscle cells burn excess fat instead of storing it. The compound, pterostilbene, re...
Venus is sinking lower into the sunset this September, but the brilliant Evening Star won't be gone for long.
$37 Million Starr Foundation Investment Targets the Biology of Aging at Brown
Cancer’s spread to distant organs can now be studied using lab-grown bone, lung, and blood vessel tissues. Cancer becomes far more dangerous when it stops being confined to one place. Most cancer deat...
Astronomers have found two clouds of hydrogen near the Whirlpool galaxy that appear to contain almost no stars. The clouds, discovered with China's FAST radio telescope, each contain roughly 3 million...
Forget the AT-AT, the AT-ST is my favorite Star Wars land vehicle. Now, this massive Lego Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series AT-ST is $39 off at Amazon, its lowest ever price.
CDC Finds Teen Vaccination Slipping—But a 21% Survey Response Rate Complicates the Picture
Salk Institute scientists found that immune cells in the central nervous system identify and kill specific nerve cells in the spinal cords of mice with late-stage ALS, worsening the disease. The findi...
The human-animal bond is often so strong that pet owners may delay or forgo medical treatment or leave a health care facility against medical advice if they have no one to care for their pet at home. ...
Here's a novel idea for countering the painful side effects of chemotherapy: Beforehand, take the hallucinogenic drug found in magic mushrooms.
Pelacarsen’s Phase III Failure: When a Powerful Biomarker Meets the Hard Wall of Clinical Outcomes
In 1974, Stephen Hawking made a prediction that transformed our understanding of black holes. Black holes, he showed, are not truly black: They slowly lose energy through a quantum process now known a...
New research has found that tree species diversity can play a crucial role in protecting forests from the growing threat of extreme climate events. The study analyzed data from 88,116 separate forest ...
Chronic Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Elevation: factors that support it; factors that oppose it
Narwhals have nature's only straight tusk, a single tooth up to three meters (10 feet) long, so strange they were sold as magical unicorn horns during the Middle Ages.
When humans are making decisions, they are known not to rely solely on their own considerations and the evidence available to them. Past behavioral science and psychology studies have shown that peopl...
RFK Jr. and Pentagon Probe Military COVID Vaccine Death Reports—Army Doctor Theresa Long Detailed to HHS