Having a Pet Dog Boosts Teenage Mental Health by ‘Changing Microbes in Their Bodies’
– credit, Ai Tsujimura SWNS Family dogs boost kids’ mental health by changing microbes that live in their…
What federal cuts in cancer research meant for John Quackenbush
BOSTON — The offices at John Quackenbush’s lab at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health were…
Study Warns of Major Toll ‘Chronic Stress’ Could Be Taking On Humans
Humans may be biologically unequipped to handle the relentless pace and pressures of modern life, a new study…
US university seeks to dismiss lawsuit by family of China-born scientist Jane Wu
The legal battle over the death of Chinese-American neuroscientist Jane Wu officially began in a Chicago courtroom this…
One of the worst parts about feeding a child is getting easier, says a new study.
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Mysterious structures within Earth’s mantle may explain why we exist
Far below your feet, nearly 1,800 miles beneath oceans and continents, Earth carries two massive scars from its…
Study Finds AI Wildlife Videos Creates a Disconnect Between People and Animals
This CCTV-style AI video had many believing the bunnies were real. Back in July, an AI-generated video showing…
Medicare’s experiment to fix kidney failure to end early
Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and…
Food expert Marion Nestle on calories, corruption, and shredded wheat
Marion Nestle doesn’t understand why people are so obsessed with her diet. Yes, she’s one of the world’s…
After nearly a century of looking, researchers may have finally detected dark matter
For nearly a century, something unseen has tugged at the cosmos. In the 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky…
Trump administration renames NREL to National Laboratory of the Rockies
Federal officials on Monday renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory — which is headquartered in Golden — and…
For the first time ever, researchers made a photon travel back in time
Shattered glass does not leap back into your hand. Smoke from a match does not gather itself and…