Tag: science
Lab-Grown Meat Is on Shelves Now. But There’s a Catch
Itâs also completely plausible that the chicken will fly off the shelves. Even though it contains only 3 percent animal cells, itâs likely that...
Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression
“The premise of this is great,” says Earric Lee, a physiologist with the Montreal Heart Institute, who was not involved in the study but...
The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died
Richard “Rick” Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig, has died almost two months after the transplant. He...
These Artificial Blood Platelets Could One Day Save Lives
When donated blood is in low supply, platelets are even scarcer. These cell fragments, which are essential for blood clotting, have a short shelf...
NASA’s Quest to Touch the Sun
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Our sun is the best-observed star in the entire universe.We see its light every day....
Solar storm puts on brilliant light show across the globe, but...
By Tom Krisher, Josh Funk and Marcia Dunn | Associated PressA powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe...
In Defense of Parasitic Worms
CAPTION: Chelsea Wood kneels to search for shore crabs at a beach in Tacoma, Washington. She will later dissect the crabs to search for...
The Earth Is About to Feast on Dead Cicadas
Much like how an unexpected free dinner will distract you from the leftovers sitting in your fridge, this summer’s cicada emergence will turn predators...
Sell Lab-Grown Meat in Alabama and You Could Go to Jail
Alabama has become the second US state to ban the sale of cultivated meat. The bill, signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey on...
How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, almost all of us have at least trace amounts of methylmercury—the form of mercury we tend to...
