We all rely on the sun to supply our planet with light and warmth, but despite it being vital to our continued existence, there’s a lot that scientists still don’t know about it. A new study has surprised scientists at NASA by showing that the sun’s activity has unexpectedly increased since 2008, despite researchers expecting…
Scientists discovered something that’s both perplexing and worrisome — humpback whales are shrinking. What’s happening? A study found that humpback whales in the North Pacific are getting smaller. Compared to the mid-1900s, mature whales are now about one to two feet shorter, according to The Maui News. Researchers also discovered an 80% drop in birth…
This statement might sound like a line from a sci-fi movie, but what if life on Earth didn’t start here at all? For decades, that question sat on the fringe of science, it was filed next to crop circles and UFOs. But now, with new data from NASA and Japan’s space agency, a once-laughed-off idea…
LONDON, United Kingdom — UK researchers said Wednesday they had slowed the progression of the fatal neural condition Huntington’s disease for the first time with a groundbreaking new gene therapy. Some patients who took part in early-stage clinical trials at University College London (UCL) saw the speed at which their condition developed reduced by 75 percent…
To understand how David Eisenberg became one of America’s greatest champions of culinary medicine, it helps to know that his childhood is divided into a before and after. Before: He grew up amid neat rows of cream puffs and the warm smell of yeast, learning the alchemy of food at his father’s Viennese-Jewish Brooklyn bakery….