Insight into our 50-plus lifespan still evolving, genetic study shows
Researchers seeking to explain why people—unlike some species—can reach older age with no obvious evolutionary…
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The FDA is Considering a Landmark Approval of Gene Therapy to Cure Blindness
On Tuesday, a US Food and Drug Administration review committee published a document signaling that…
Experiment Confirms a Crucial Property of Electrons, Unfortunately
When it comes to physics, fewer things are more exciting than proving something wrong. Proving…
Restored Prisoner’s Letter Uncovers Horrific Details of Life at Auschwitz Death Camp
In 1944, Marcel Nadjari—a Greek Jew who was forced to remove bodies from the Auschwitz…
Forget Trump, it’s all about local climate action
It’s official – Trump is canceling the Clean Power Plan. But US cities, states and…
Study highlights shortcomings of government’s health schemes
New Delhi: Government-sponsored health programmes such as Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and Rashtriya Swasthya…
You’ll have a Super NES Classic in your hands in 2 days if you get it right now on Amazon
If you want a Super NES Classic console in your hands anytime soon, you’re going…
Rice so nice it was domesticated thrice
Dennis Normile Rice is unique among wild plants for having been domesticated independently on three…
Bruno Latour, a veteran of the ‘science wars,’ has a new mission
Jop de Vrieze PARIS—French sociologist of science Bruno Latour, 70, has long been a thorn…
We’re more Neandertal than we thought
ANCIENT TRAITS Some people may have inherited a tendency to sunburn from Neandertals, a new…
