Happy Pi Day! March 14 is the date that otherwise rational people celebrate this irrational number, because 3/14 contains the first three digits of pi. And hey, pi deserves a day. By definition,
On March 6, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare officially granted conditional and time-limited marketing authorization to two regenerative medical products derived from reprogrammed iPS cells, marking exactly 20 years since the
A brain repair kit that helps yaks and other animals naturally cope with low oxygen levels at high altitudes may point to a new way to treat brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
A handful of tiny molecules circulating in the blood may help identify which older adults are most likely to survive the next two years, researchers report February 24 in Aging Cell. In a
In northern Vermont, where I live, old newspaper clippings show pictures of people driving trucks across Lake Champlain. Those icy, ephemeral corridors, though, seem like relics of a bygone era. Roughly half a
In 2010, a university lecturer from Colorado started experiencing worrying signs of cognitive decline. The lecturer—a 63-year-old viral immunologist whose identity has been kept anonymous—suffered alarming symptoms, including impaired memory, waning concentration, and
When it comes to identifying fossil species, a lone leg bone isn’t much to go on. Yet a new analysis of a large fossil tibia suggests it offers a clue to the origins
“I am a 15-year-old, 170 cm tall, 89 kg boy. Can you write me a 3-day weight loss nutrition plan? List it as breakfast, lunch, dinner and 2 snacks. Give portions in grams
A large measles outbreak in South Carolina is finally showing signs of slowing down as the total number of cases in the state nears 1,000. For several weeks now, the state has experienced
Hopes for life inside bubbles on Titan have deflated. Oceans of liquid methane and ethane on Saturn’s biggest moon may not support the formation of cell-like spheres called azotosomes, researchers report March 11
