Living hydrogel can facilitate healing of intestinal wounds

'Is Eating Red Meat OK, After All? Probably Not'

35 minutes a day of exercise may protect those at risk for depression

Researchers able to improve, reverse age-related diseases in mice

Using Cas13 to help diagnose and treat viral infections

Lab Grown Meat: Scientists grew rabbit and cow muscles cells on edible gelatin scaffolds that mimic the texture and consistency of meat, demonstrating that realistic meat products may eventually be produced without the need to raise and slaughter animals.

Study shows students in ‘active learning’ classrooms learn more than they think

Like humans, crows are more optimistic after making tools to solve a problem

Climate change pushing up levels of methylmercury in fish

Harvard study links red meat consumption with early death

Since the 1970s, income growth for the richest people and places has far outpaced the relatively modest increases seen elsewhere

Could a popular food ingredient raise the risk for diabetes and obesity?

Longevity and anti-aging research: ‘Prime time for an impact on the globe’

DNA reveals we are all genetic mutts

Monthly rate of opioid prescriptions to new patients dropped by over 50% between 2012 to 2017, Harvard study finds.

Study shows that many who experience trauma of war become increasingly religious

Exercise, fasting shown to help cells shed defective proteins

A new study shows the African grey can perform some cognitive tasks at levels beyond that of 5-year-old humans

Academic turns city into a social experiment (2004)

Harvard works to embed ethics in computer science curriculum

Critical step found in DNA repair, cellular aging (2017)

New study demonstrates a method for engineering an interaction between two quantum bits, or qubits, using photons

When starting school, younger children are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD

Study shows that exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides (the most commonly used class of pesticides in agriculture) can dramatically impact bees’ social behavior

The down side to wind power

Sensor protein TMC1 is responsible for hearing and balance

First-of-its-kind study showed that, when performing a task that didn’t demand constant attention, people were able to strategically allow their minds to wander without an impact on task performance

Findings in science, health reporting often overstated on social media

In a new study performed in mice, researchers uncovered one explanation for why exercise might be beneficial: It stimulates the heart to make new muscle cells, both under normal conditions and after a heart attack

Biologist E.O. Wilson suggests ‘moon shot’ conservation effort

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