Scientists Say a Daily Pill to Treat COVID Could Be Just Months Away
At least three promising antivirals are being tested in clinical trials, with results expected as soon as late fall.
Cancer Without Chemotherapy: ‘A Totally Different World’
A growing number of cancer patients, especially those with breast and lung cancers, are being spared the dreaded treatment in favor of other options.
You May Need More Vitamin C – New Analysis of Landmark Scurvy Study Leads To Update on Vitamin C Needs
Establishing healthy levels of vitamin C in humans - needs more than an “eyeball method” of data assessment
Late Pleistocene Humans May Have Hatched and Raised “World’s Most Dangerous Bird” 18,000 Years Ago
Humans in New Guinea may have collected cassowary eggs near maturity and then raised the birds to adulthood
This May Be the First Planet Found Orbiting 3 Stars at Once
It’s called a circumtriple planet, and evidence that one exists suggests that planet formation is less unusual than once believed.
The Seven Symptoms That Best Predict COVID
With respiratory virus season around the corner, identifying COVID-specific symptoms is more important than ever
Gene Variant Points to Starvation’s Evolutionary Legacy
Ancient and modern genomes reveal that a variant of the human growth hormone receptor likely helped our ancestors survive when food was scarce.
Byzantine warrior with gold-threaded jaw unearthed in Greece
His jaw had been shattered in two.
Beware of Dog Parks: Canine Parasite Has Evolved Resistance to All Treatments
Hookworms have evolved to evade all FDA approved medications veterinarians use to kill them.
Largest Underwater Eruption Ever Recorded Gives Birth to Massive New Volcano
A huge seismic event that started in May of 2018 and was felt across the entire globe has officially given birth to a new underwater volcano.
Sunlight affects whether languages have a word for ‘blue’
Culture and topography also play important roles
Bioengineers Develop New Class of Giant Magnetoelastic Effect Human-Powered Bioelectronics
Converts human body motions into electricity
Many Patients, Doctors Unaware of Advancements in Cancer Care
Many patients with cancer, as well as doctors in fields other than oncology, are unaware of just how much progress has been made in recent years in the treatment of cancer, particularly with immunotherapy.
Bronze Age Mystery Surprise: Milk Enabled Massive Steppe Migration
Bronze Age migrations coincided with the adoption of milk drinking
Non-toxic technology extracts more gold from ore
Study shows new chloride-based process recovers 84% of gold compared to the 64% recovered with traditional methods.
Devonian Phacopid Trilobites Had Unique Hyper-Compound Eyes
Hyper-compound eyes hiding an individual compound eye below each of the big lenses
Sneaky Mutations Are Helping Malaria to Avoid Detection And Spread in The Body
new strain of Plasmodium falciparum, is able to avoid a common way we detect it.
The decreasing cost of renewables unlikely to plateau anytime soon
Early price forecasts underestimated how good we’d get at making green energy
Scientists Discover New Science of the Body’s “Second Brain” – New Leads To Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Revealing the Logic of the Body’s “Second Brain” Scientists discover new science in the gut and, potentially, new leads on how to treat irritable bowel syndrome and other disorders.
The Genius Idea for Making Drinks with Smoke-Damaged Grapes
Distillers are coming up with creative ways to use California wine grapes ruined by the smoke of wildfires.