New research that has used a biologic drug to treat infants and kids with severe eczema has shown huge promise in an early trial. By using this monoclonal antibody treatment in kids, the researchers even speculate that it might be able to save them from developing other allergies beyond eczema. After a 16-week course of […]
For Some ALS Patients, A New Drug Shows Potential To Slow And Even Reverse Disease Progression
A landmark new study has shown once and for all that patience really is a virtue – at least if you’re hoping to change the world. After a slow start, tofersen – an experimental drug being investigated as a treatment for motor neurone disease (MND) aka amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – has turned out to […]
The Cat Flap Is Surprisingly Ancient, And Not The Work Of Isaac Newton
The cat flap may not be the most sophisticated of inventions – a tiny flap in a door that a cat can get through is not Nikola Tesla territory – yet they have still been around a surprisingly long time. They even make an appearance in churches dating back to the 16th century, though it […]
CRISPR-Based HIV Gene Therapy Administered To First Human Patient
In a clinical trial, the first patient has received a single dose of a new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gene editing therapy, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Excision BioTherapeutics, Inc have reported. In a collaborative effort, the researchers are currently running a phase 1/2 clinical trial to evaluate the […]
Ultrasounds Show Unborn Fetuses Making Disgusted Faces When Mom Eats Kale
The taste of kale is so repulsive to fetuses that it causes them to screw up their faces in disgust while in the womb, a new imaging study reveals. Researchers used 4D ultrasound to observe the reactions of 100 fetuses to the flavors ingested by their mothers, and found that they respond favorably to carrot […]
“Frosted Cupcake” Clouds Caught Dancing On Jupiter
New 3D renders created by a team of amateur scientists from Juno data show the “frosted cupcake” clouds of Jupiter in all their glory. As pretty as they may appear, however, you certainly don’t want to get caught up in this astronomically powerful storm. The stunning results were presented by a team of citizen scientists […]
Connecticut Becomes One Of First States To Require Teaching Climate Change By Law
A new law will make Connecticut one of the first US states to mandate the teaching of climate change. For all public schools within Connecticut, the curriculum must now include how the climate is changing and how humans are directly responsible, how this shift will impact populations, what is being done to prevent it, […]
Tradition Dictates King Charles Will Now Be Served A Bloodsucking Parasite Pie
Look, a lot of the traditions that go on in Britain are a bit weird. Every year at the opening of Parliament, a hostage is taken by the monarchy until the ceremony is complete. A search is then carried out for gunpowder under the Houses of Parliament, in case Guy Fawkes has pulled off some […]
Sleep Disorders And Quantum Cryptography Win Big At The Breakthrough Prizes 2023
The winners of the 2023 Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics have been announced together with several other early career awards given by the Breakthrough Prize. Of the five main prizes, three are awarded in Life Science, one in fundamental Physics, and one in Math, each worth $3 million for a total […]
When Is The Healthiest Time To Retire? Science Weighs In
In Canada, until 2008, “retirement” came at age 65. We don’t mean that 65 was the default, or age at which it was assumed a person would retire – we literally mean that once you hit 65, you could legally be forced to give up working. Nearly a decade and a half later, and the […]
A New Baby Island Has Just Been Born In The Pacific Ocean
A new island has sprung up in a patch of the southwest Pacific Ocean riddled with underwater volcanoes, according to NASA Earth Observatory. It began with the eruption of an underwater volcano found in the Central Tonga Islands on September 10 – and within just eleven hours, a landmass emerged from the watery depths, created […]
Next Week Jupiter Will Be Its Closest And Brightest For 59 Years
On September 26 or 27, depending on your timezone, Jupiter will reach opposition. This means it is directly opposite the Sun from our perspective, rising around sunset and setting close to sunrise. That alone makes it a good time to view the Solar System’s largest planet, but this will also be the closest Jupiter has […]
“Breath Training” Twice A Day Can Lower Blood Pressure, Study Finds
Do you go to the gym to strengthen your body? Well, you may be missing out on training some vital muscles – the ones involved in breathing. New research shows that training these muscles each day can reduce high blood pressure and promote heart health. The cardiovascular and respiratory systems are heavily connected, despite them […]
Hoverbike That Can Fly For 40 Minutes Debuts In US With Awesome Display
A hoverbike with impressive range has made waves in its latest demo at the North American Auto Show, Detroit – and it really is everything we want from a true flying bike. Capable for travelling 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) for up to 40 minutes, the Aerwins Xturismo scorches across the sky like […]
Anabolic Steroid Use Linked To Psychopathy In Bodybuilders, Study Finds
As dangerous and illegal as anabolic steroids are, they’re also – to put it bluntly – fricking everywhere. Without them, we’d have no Terminator, flabbier movie stars, and, apparently, barely any good baseball. In fact, they’re so ubiquitous that roughly one in 15 men are estimated to have used them at some point. But who […]
Does Equinox Really Mean Equal Day And Night?
Depending on where you are, it’s the equinox today or tomorrow, but what does that really mean? It’s easy to define the solstices; they represent the longest day or night of the year depending on your hemisphere. On the other hand, the definition of the equinoxes is that the equator is pointed directly towards the […]
Polio Vaccination Rates In Some Areas Of The US Hover Dangerously Close To The Threshold Required For Herd Immunity – Here’s Why That Matters
Given recent headlines, you may be wondering why polio is even an issue in 2022. For more than 60 years, vaccines against the poliovirus have protected virtually everyone in the United States from the disease. Due to an enormously successful polio vaccination campaign beginning in the 1950s when the first polio vaccines became available, by […]
Super-Earths Are Bigger, More Common And More Habitable Than Earth Itself – And Astronomers Are Discovering More Of The Billions They Think Are Out There
Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system – they’re called exoplanets. But in summer 2022, teams working on NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite found a few particularly interesting planets orbiting in the habitable zones of their parent stars. One planet is 30% larger than Earth and orbits its star in […]
A Third Of AI Researchers Think AI Could Cause “Catastrophic” Outcomes On Par With Nuclear War This Century
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Long COVID Links To Autoimmune Disease Visible In Blood A Year After Infection
Anywhere between five and 50 percent of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 – the virus behind the still-very-much-ongoing worldwide pandemic – will go on to develop Long COVID. It’s a condition that so far has escaped hard study or explanation – though a few hypotheses have begun to take hold. Now, another piece of evidence has […]
