Science & Health
From 42 new items across 13 sources in the last 24 hours, here are the 8 most widely covered.
STAT+: What are the health stakes of the midterms? Policymakers, lobbyists, and experts weigh in
No matter what happens on Election Day, the midterms will have sweeping implications for American health care. More than two dozen experts on what could come next.
Twin study links artistic, but not scientific, creativity to poorer mental health
The relationship between creativity and mental health has attracted the interest of many psychologists over the past decades. Some past studies have found that creativity is sometimes linked to mental health…
Neutrophil RAGE drives early cerebrovascular injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage
An international research team from Japan and the United States, led by Assistant Professor Hiroshi Ishii and Professor Osamu Hori, together with Professors Yasuhiko Yamamoto and Mitsutoshi Nakada of Kanazawa…
Scientists discover a bacterial defense so strange they thought it was broken
Scientists have discovered a bizarre bacterial defense system that works almost completely backward from anything seen before. Unlike typical bacterial immune systems that keep a deadly toxin under control until a virus…
A surprising vitamin A discovery is changing what scientists know about vision
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have uncovered a surprising process that helps humans develop sharp vision before birth, challenging decades of assumptions about how the eye forms. Using miniature human retinas…
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 31)
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 31) appeared first on…
Scientists finally discover how a common gut bacterium can trigger colon cancer
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have uncovered a crucial missing link between a common gut bacterium and colorectal cancer, solving a mystery that has puzzled researchers for nearly two decades. The bacterium, Bacteroides…
A mysterious 4,000-year-old wall is rewriting North Africa’s history
A remarkable 4,000-year-old defensive structure discovered in Morocco is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about ancient North African civilizations. The massive fortifications reveal unexpectedly…
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