1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (446+ words) The story of a Medieval European plague is coming into focus through historic manuscripts, but not in the way you might think. Instead of providing mere historical accounts, the animal skins from which these Medieval volumes are constructed provide genetic…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (446+ words) The story of a Medieval European plague is coming into focus through historic manuscripts, but not in the way you might think. Instead of providing mere historical accounts, the animal skins from which these Medieval volumes are constructed provide genetic…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (551+ words) A new study published in Risk Analysis found that residents living within five miles of the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory reported autoimmune disorders at more than four times the rate of those living 11 to 15 miles away. Although SSFL was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (684+ words) Nine centuries ago, people gathered at what is today recognized as the Etowah Indian Mounds site, located roughly 40 miles northwest of Atlanta, Georgia, for enormous community feasts. They ate, drank, and eventually discarded broken pottery into pits that would become…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (479+ words) Bat DNA may hold clues to a long and healthy life, according to an international team of researchers. These small creatures grace the night skies with extremely long lifespans and low cancer rates—traits that may ultimately benefit humanity if…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (519+ words) How immune cells develop and retain memory may work differently than medical scientists previously believed, according to an international team of researchers. The new work shows that T cells—white blood cells essential to immune function—can respond to the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (436+ words) Cell-culture brain models called organoids can be used to study far more advanced stages of neurodevelopment than researchers once imagined, according to new research. A team funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that organoids were sustained for…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (812+ words) Psychedelic drugs are often described as throwing the brain into a state where the usual rules begin to break down. Under psilocybin, neural networks that normally organize perception, thought, and our sense of self loosen, blurring the boundaries between the…...