“Antibiotics have fought off infectious diseases that took countless lives throughout centuries, but it is important to consider the looming threat of antibiotic overuse: the development of new antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains and now, greater susceptibility to chronic diseases.”
“Understanding the internal order of the human body can help explain the determinants of organ-related structural diseases, which in turn can lead to better healthcare and, potentially, more effective treatment.”
“…researchers have provided a mechanism to help explain how the initial symmetry between matter and antimatter particles in the early universe was replaced by the asymmetry we observe today.”
“Very few have figured out how to undo the effects of reactions that have progressed to a low entropy state. One exception is a team of researchers from the University of California, Irvine, the University of Western Australia and Flinders University, who have found a way to flip the direction of time’s arrow: they have unboiled an egg.”
“Though researchers did not explore this aspect of addiction in their experiments, they speculate that the steady rise of skin cancer in humans by an approximate three percent per year might demonstrate the presence of sunlight-seeking behavior.”
“This was somebody’s father or child…and their skulls were dug up and decorated with mosaics.”
“It all begins on the left side of the chest…”
“Theories have ranged from divine influence to solar flare to meteorite impacts.”
Shravan Savant explains the growing divide between the development of ophthalmic treatments and access to these treatments by patients.
Can scientists really turn back the biological clocks on aging mice? Molly Zhao explains how.