One consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is that more families are putting off their children’s preventive care visits, causing pediatric
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Messenger RNA: How a long shot idea led to COVID-19 vaccines
Hungarian-American scientist Katalin Kariko’s obsession with researching a substance called mRNA to fight disease once cost her a faculty position
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Who’s to blame? How the media has shaped public understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. has been characterized by rapidly changing information, a high degree of uncertainty, and conflicting
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Neuroscientists tap gamers to learn how people problem-solve
Fans of Candy Crush Saga, Flow Free or Minesweeper should check out a challenging new mobile game app, hexxed, that
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This Animation Demonstrates Just How Tough Navy SEAL Training Really Is
There’s no shortage online of videos where athletes, bodybuilders and other fitness influencers subject themselves to the Navy SEALs physical
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How Men Over 40 Can Make Planks More Interesting
Author, fitness model, and trainer Kirk Charles, NASM-CPT CES, knows that as you get older, life can get more complicated.
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‘Like a spiderweb:’ How a Thanksgiving-weekend gathering led to an entire school district shutting down
A single gathering of high school students in Avon, Connecticut, over Thanksgiving weekend led to the shutdown of the entire
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How a jab of gel can end agony of prostate patients
Men undergoing radiotherapy for prostate cancer could be spared one of the treatment’s most distressing side effects – thanks to
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How humans use objects in novel ways to solve problems
Human beings are naturally creative tool users. When we need to drive in a nail but don’t have a hammer,
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Study in mice demonstrates how gut bacteria help ward off viruses to make animals resistant to infection
The role of the gut microbiome in disease and health has been well established. Yet, how the bacteria residing in
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