Newest Science News Blog 20190819

Blow out your knee? Hope your surgeon’s got a VR headset
VR gets much-needed validation as a surgical training tool.
Did the mysterious Denisovans make these prehistoric etchings?
Archaeologists have turned up inscribed bones from a site in northern China previously linked to the ancient hominins.
Osteoporosis drugs linked to reduced risk of premature death
New advice of the significant benefits of taking approved osteoporosis medicine for those at risk of osteoporosis
Ancient Sea Life May Have Hitched Across Oceans on Giant Living Rafts
Enormous crinoids of the Jurassic era, related to sea stars and sea urchins, could have carried whole ecosystems around the world
Tested: Idea that sea ice steadies jet stream, blocking cold winters
Analysis shows why correlation is not causation, in this case.
A New Clue to How Life Originated
A long-standing mystery about early cells has a solution-and it's a rather magical one.
A Man's Dentures Were Stuck in His Throat for More Than a Week
The case highlights the dangers of leaving dentures in a patient's mouth during surgery.
Chlamydia sex infection vaccine passes safety test
A vaccine to protect people against the common sexually transmitted infection chlamydia has passed initial safety tests.
Preclinical research suggests anti-cancer effect of keto diet
Suggestion that restricting blood glucose levels might also keep certain cancers at bay.
‘Stature gene’ may reveal why these hunter-gatherers are among the world’s smallest humans
Largest ever genetic analysis of rainforest hunter-gatherers may have fingered the gene responsible
Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal life
Can't remember what you came for? Don't worry - you probably have a lot going on.
Views of Second World War’s toll vary by nation
People in many countries generally think their homeland did the most in the Second World War.
New Form of Biofluorescence Discovered
Previously undescribed metabolites responsible for biofluorescence in two species of sharks
The sex gene SRY and Parkinson’s disease: how genes act differently in male and female brains
Parkinson's disease, a debilitating neurodegenerative disease common in elderly people, is twice as prevalent in men than in women.
Ebola drugs show ‘90% survival rate’ in breakthrough trial
Ebola may soon be a "preventable and treatable" disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates, scientists have said.
A Doctor Tested a New Treatment on Himself. Now, It May Help Others with This Rare Disease.
A doctor's quest to understand his own rare disease led him to test an experimental treatment on himself.
Turbo-charged Crispr gene-editor can make 25 alterations in one go
An enhanced Crispr gene-editing technique has been developed that can introduce as many as 25 different regulatory changes or alteration to a gene simultaneously.
Up to half of patients withhold life-threatening issues from doctors
47.5 percent of patients who feel they face these four threats do not disclose this critical information to care providers
Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, study finds
Lubricant that allows our joints to move smoothly triggers a pain response from nerves similar to that caused by chili peppers
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Meets Its Match
As climate change brings more red tides, a protein from the American bullfrog might provide protection from paralytic shellfish poisoning.
The World's Oldest People Might Not Be As Old As We Think
A new paper explores what "supercentenarians" have in common. Turns out it's bad record-keeping.
FDA OKs 'Game Changer' Pretomanid for Highly Resistant TB
FDA approves 3-drug combination in a major breakthrough treatment for the most drug-resistant tuberculosis
New pain organ discovered in the skin
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new sensory organ that is able to detect painful mechanical damage, such as pricks and impacts.
Man's X-Ray Reveals His Penis Is Turning to Bone
Sometimes, the body grows bone in places it shouldn't.
Attempts to ban swearing are a waste of time: Wherever there is language, people cuss
Attempts to ban swearing in public places, in the workplace and even in the home appear to be on the rise.
Scientists want to mass produce seaweed that stops cows burping methane
Finding a way to farm seaweed on a global scale could dramatically lessen greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.
Early fish tapeworms found at 'Britain's Pompeii' Must Farm
The earliest evidence of fish tapeworm in Britain has been discovered preserved in human faeces, according to experts at Cambridge University.
Metal tree cleans polluted air
Artificial tree sucks up as much air pollution as 368 real trees
The ‘net’ that leads to excruciating stones in the belly
Immune cell extrudes a webbing that can encourage the growth of gallstones, a common and painful malady.
For ‘Diagnosis’ Show, Dr. Lisa Sanders Lets Times Readers Around the World Join in the Detective Work
A Times Magazine columnist credits Sherlock Holmes and global crowdsourcing with helping her solve patients' mysterious ailments.
Here’s what Earth might look like to aliens
Transforming images of the nearest habitable planet into something alien astronomers light-years away would see
The moon rock that turned out to be from Earth
All is not what it seems in the world of lunar samples.
Wind power prices now lower than the cost of natural gas
In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms than buy fossil fuels.
Measles killing more people than Ebola in Congo, Doctors Without Borders says
Measles has killed 2,758 people in Congo since January, more than the Ebola epidemic in a year
Beyond 23andMe: DNA sequencing clinics for the healthy (and wealthy)
Top U.S. medical centers roll out DNA sequencing clinics for healthy (and often wealthy) clients
Inside China’s Play to Become the World’s CRISPR Superpower
China could soon outpace the US in CRISPR-related research papers and patents
The Nazi book of anatomy still used by surgeons
Though very expensive and detailed, few would proudly display it

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