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Figuring out what our extinct relatives looked like usually requires fossils – preferably as many as you can get your hands on.But new... Read More
Quantum mechanics notoriously doesn't play by the rules of the classical world. One of the most famous and fundamental examples of quantum... Read More
Of all the unsolved puzzles in the Universe, perhaps the most confounding is the dark matter problem. If we look at the matter we have in our... Read More
Peter McNaughton, a professor of pharmacology at King's College London, is a devoted optimist. He acknowledges that his positivity can... Read More
Take a deep breath.As you breathe in, your lungs fill with air. The air is carried through every part of your lungs by tubes. These tubes are... Read More
After the 2010 publication of the Neanderthal draft genome sequence, evolutionary biologist Joshua Akey, then at the University of Washington... Read More
Stephen Squinto vividly remembers his first visit to James Wilson's lab—if it can even be called that. Wilson directs the Gene Therapy... Read More
Five hundred years ago, Ferdinand Magellan began a historic journey to circumnavigate the globe. Simple, right? Not really— the... Read More
Receding water levels in Spain's Valdecañas Reservoir has exposed a stone monument dating back to between 4,000 to 5,000 years... Read More
Black, gooey, greasy oil is the starting material for more than just transportation fuel. It's also the source of dozens of petrochemicals... Read More
In the most extreme regions of the universe, galaxies are being killed. Their star formation is being shut down and astronomers want to know... Read More
During a hearing of the House space subcommittee on Wednesday, the outlines of a battle over the future of NASA's Artemis Moon program... Read More
People with persistent back pain or persistent headaches are twice as likely to suffer from both disorders, a new study from the University... Read More
It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of anthropology. What killed off the Neanderthals, and why did Homo sapiensthrive even as... Read More
A new study shows that, contrary to widespread belief within the solar power industry, new kinds of solar cells and panels don't necessarily... Read More
If you were alive in 1970, more than 1 in 4 birds in the U.S. and Canada have disappeared within your lifetime.According to research... Read More
A chameleon can alter the color of its skin so it either blends into the background to hide or stands out to defend its territory and attract... Read More
Regular transfusions of the blood of a younger, physically fit donor can significantly retard the aging process,” proclaims a... Read More
Nowadays, dozens of interventions are known that extend the lifespan of various living organisms ranging from yeast to mammals. They include... Read More
The street performer was only 10 years old. He put knives through his arms and walked on hot embers. By 14 he was dead. Someone dared him to... Read More
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Of all the unsolved puzzles in the Universe, perhaps the most confounding is the dark matter problem. If we look at the matter we have in our Solar System, even in the highest-energy and highest-precision labs on Earth, everything we've ever observed requires nothing more than the particles of the Standard Model and the bound structures (protons, atoms, molecules, etc.) that they give rise to. Ou Read More
Stephen Squinto vividly remembers his first visit to James Wilson's lab—if it can even be called that. Wilson directs the Gene Therapy Program and the Orphan Disease Center, which together staff an army of more than 200 people spread across multiple floors of multiple buildings at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2017, Squinto scoped it out on behalf of OrbiMed Advisors, a health-focused priva Read More
