Scientists took a big step toward creating synthetic life
It has taken more than a decade, but scientists have finally reached a major step in the goal to create synthetic life in the lab. According to a new study...
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Bill Gates said he did his best to save things like funding for HIV research during a 3-hour meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Bill Gates said he pushed President Donald Trump to maintain America’s aid and relief programs for HIV during a meeting they had in 2024. Gates told The New Yorker’s editor...
Researchers just discovered an entirely new class of life living inside humans
The human body is an amazing, curious, and disgusting thing. At any given moment, millions of tiny lifeforms are making their way across your body—both inside and out. And now,...
Forever chemicals in our drinking water have now been linked to cancer
Forever chemicals continue to make headlines. A new study has now linked the handy but pesky chemicals known as PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) to cancer diagnoses tied to communities...
CDC scrubs research databases referencing sexual orientation and gender identity
Websites on HPV vaccinations, data on high schoolers’ health habits, information on programs to end violence against women and girls: all began disappearing from government websites this week, as agencies...
Why do these weird lemurs chew up toxic bugs and rub the goo on themselves?
The animal kingdom is full of interesting and wacky creatures. For every overly cute creature like the Shawn-the-sheep nudibranch, there are strange and weird creatures like the red-fronted lemur. This...
Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats
If scorching heat waves, destructive storms, prolonged droughts and rising seas aren’t enough to make some folks fear the consequences of climate change, perhaps this will do the trick: The...
FDA approved the first new kind of pain medication in 27 years. Here’s how it works
For the first time in over two decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new pain medication that could change how we manage acute pain. The...
When RFK Jr. was presented with the science on vaccines he said needed to see, he dismissed it
WASHINGTON — The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary repeatedly asked to see “data” or “science” showing vaccines are safe – but when an influential Republican...
The Moon isn’t as dead as we thought, new study claims
For centuries, we’ve viewed the Moon as dead, its surface frozen in time since ancient volcanic activity faded billions of years ago. However, new research suggests this might not be...
