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Poor research can be worse than no research at all.
Undeterred by years of failure, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman proved that mRNA is the future of vaccines.
Subtle clues emerge ahead of the attack via changes in scent.
Particles behave differently when freed from the force of gravity. A new space factory aims to use this to synthesize pharmaceuticals.
By studying the oldest animals, researchers hope to pinpoint factors affecting human longevity.
“Domesticated viral genes” may not be domesticated as scientists thought.
A cure may be on the horizon.
Scientific journals, which are supposed to be the sacred scriptures of academia, are often full of shoddy research and misinformation.
AI was key to making Moderna’s COVID mRNA vaccine. Its role in mRNA therapeutics will rapidly grow in the coming years.
A food fight may finally be put to rest.
It’s sustainable, nutritious and delicious. Scientists need to ramp up efforts to meet this urgent need.
The spooky world of quantum mechanics might reach out and touch you — by mutating your DNA. Welcome to the weird world of quantum biology.
“It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a big resource, in that you can go in and do discovery-based research.”
Decades of Alzheimer’s research might have missed a cellular culprit hiding in plain sight.
The media is deliberately pushing your buttons.
One day, this powerful tool could be in millions of smartphones.
The base rate fallacy may help to explain low reproducibility in various fields of science.
It is generally ineffective, occasionally poisonous, and driving numerous species to the brink of extinction.
Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect.
Gum disease begins in the mouth but spreads to the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is just one of several diseases linked to poor oral health.
It is easy to mock Nobel Laureates who go astray, but eccentricity often accompanies brilliance. We should have some sympathy.
It’s common knowledge that syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being.
A deadly myth has been manufactured from poor methods and wishful thinking.
How to juggle while walking a tightrope — at work.
The chemistry of cooking over an open flame.
Engineered immune cells have prevented Type 1 diabetes in mice.
Retatrutide, Eli Lilly’s innovative “triple g” drug, is setting new standards in the fight against obesity.
Some of these trends may be due, in part, to the lockdown.
His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.