Fungus lures male flies into having sex with dead females
Finding could lead to new ways to control fly populations
COVID Vaccines Provide 5 Times the Protection of Natural Immunity
Unvaccinated people who had a recent infection 5X more likely to be reinfected with coronavirus compared to the fully vaccinated
Scientists: don’t feed the doubt machine
From climate to COVID, naivety about how science is hijacked promotes more of the same.
Signs of Dementia Are Written in the Blood: 33 Metabolic Compounds May Be Key to New Treatments
33 metabolic compounds linked to dementia could be key to new methods of diagnosis and treatment.
Believers in COVID-19 Conspiracies More Likely to Catch Virus
More likely to catch the virus, lose their jobs, and be socially isolated
Two Planets in HD 3167 System are on Perpendicular Orbits, Astronomers Say
Super-Earth HD 3167b is close to orbiting within the stellar equatorial plane, while the mini-Neptune HD 3167c orbits above the poles of the host star
Achieving Type 2 Diabetes Reversal Seems Way More Common Than Scientists Realized
Research in recent years has demonstrated that type 2 diabetes can be reversed in the body, with dieting methods and other lifestyle interventions sending the disease into remission.
New Type of Neuron Discovered in Mammalian Retina
Newly-discovered retinal neurons don’t fit into any existing mammalian retinal cell class
Samoan Medicinal Plant May Be as Effective as Ibuprofen, Study Says
The poorly understood ‘matalafi’ is widely used in Samoan traditional medicine to treat inflammation
Specks of dust on the microscope slide? No, we are looking at the building blocks of our genome
“Microchromosomes” are almost identical, and represent ancient chromosomes of a spineless animal ancestor that lived 684 million years ago.
Psilocybin reduced depression symptoms as much as a leading antidepressant
New research compared the “magic mushrooms” component to Lexapro
Scientists Discover a Novel Therapeutic Target To Treat Fatty Liver Disease
About 80 million Americans have fatty liver disease unrelated to alcohol abuse.
Spiny Mice Appear to Regenerate Damaged Kidneys
The mice, already known to regenerate skin, seem to avoid the tissue scarring that leads to organ failure in other animals.
A Vaccine Is Urgently Needed For Infection Killing 150,000 Babies Annually, WHO Warns
WHO call for development of a vaccine against Group B Streptococcus, responsible for 150,000 stillbirths and infant deaths yearly
HPV vaccine slashes cervical cancer rates among women in the UK by 87%
A study finds that the vaccine is most effective when given to children between the ages of 12 and 13.
COVID Alpha Variant Detected in Dogs and Cats – Pets Had Acute Onset of Cardiac Disease, Including Severe Myocarditis
First identification of the SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant in domestic pets - many owners of these pets had also tested positive for COVID-19.
Covid: Pfizer says antiviral pill 89% effective in high risk cases
A pill to treat Covid developed by the US company Pfizer cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by 89% in vulnerable adults, clinical trial results suggest.
Giant, invasive spiders have taken over Georgia. Will they spread across the US?
The spiders arrived in 2014. Now, there are millions of them.
Researchers Call for Therapeutics To Treat Cholesterol Cousins Called Ceramides – Linked to Many Health Problems
Therapeutics that target lipids called ceramides might hold potential for treating cardiometabolic disease
Man donated his body to science; company sold $500 tickets to his dissection
The widow learned of the dissection from a news reporter.
A 150-Year-Old Note From Darwin Is Changing How We Plant Forests
Studies of this "Darwin effect" have spawned vast ecological literature.
Brain Implant Translates Paralyzed Man's Thoughts Into Text With 94% Accuracy
Man paralyzed from the neck down can communicate his thoughts, thanks to a brain implant system that translates his imagined handwriting into text.