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Robot face with lab-grown living skin created by scientists hoping to make more human-like cyborgs
June 25, 2024 | 3:56pmScientists on the project believe the living skin could be a key step in creating robots that heal and feel like humans.
Cheap and widely used cholesterol drug could reduce cancer risk: study
May 30, 2024 | 4:37pmChronic inflammation is a major cause of cancer worldwide — and this could reduce the risk.
Why on Earth are we AGAIN collaborating with China to manipulate viruses?
May 2, 2024 | 5:52pmthe US Department of Agriculture is collaborating with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the parent organization of the Wuhan Institute of Virology
Do nootropics and prebiotics actually do anything? Here's what the experts say
April 17, 2024 | 2:55pmFunctional beverages — or drinks promoted as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration — are growing in popularity around the world.
Trans grandma able to breastfeed baby with help of experimental hormone drugs: 'Frankly disturbing'
March 29, 2024 | 7:05amResearchers at Duke University used experimental hormone drugs to help a transgender mother-of-five breastfeed her grandchild, in a study that has been panned as “frankly disturbing.”
Ghoulish ‘ghost shark’ species with haunting eyes, massive head discovered
March 24, 2024 | 1:29pmScientists with the Pacific Shark Research Center (PSRC) discovered the elusive Chimaera supapae "ghost shark" 1,640 feet below the Andaman Sea, off the coast of Thailand.
The DNA scandal that could threaten thousands of criminal cases
March 8, 2024 | 3:39pmFor nearly three decades, Yvonne "Missy" Woods was Colorado’s star forensic scientist, relied on by police and prosecutors to test DNA evidence in the state’s most baffling crimes.
Biotech company reveals breakthrough that could lead to revival of extinct woolly mammoth
March 6, 2024 | 11:08pm“It will walk like a Woolly Mammoth, look like one, sound like one, but most importantly it will be able to inhabit the same ecosystem previously abandoned by the Mammoth’s...
Humpback whales caught enjoying gay sex romp in first documented photos of whale humping
March 4, 2024 | 10:16pm"It is striking that the only two observations of such behavior in the scientific literature involve ailing or deceased whales," the researchers wrote.
Scientist claims 'smoking gun' evidence COVID-19 intentionally created by researchers in Chinese lab
February 29, 2024 | 2:13pmCovid-19 may have been created by a "research-related incident," a British professor told the UN Wednesday, with Richard H. Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University, claiming that evidence of...
Chemist tests $380 Crème de la Mer and $7 Nivea to see which is better — and got shocking results
February 28, 2024 | 10:36amThe cosmetic chemist put designer moisturizer Crème de la Mer, which can cost as much as $2,675 for a 16-ounce jar, up against a $7 tub of Nivea Soft.
Calculator determines your chances of finding 'The One' — based on your sexiness
February 14, 2024 | 10:46amIt’s just not adding up, huh?
Creepy alien-like creatures with multiple legs discovered in the jungle
February 11, 2024 | 1:18pmThe newly discovered millipedes are a few centimeters long and had about 200 legs each.
One of the world's rarest and most unusually colored dolphins discovered
February 10, 2024 | 1:34pmSpeckles, a patchy black-and-white dolphin stunned researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast, who were on Whale Heritage Site Hervey Bay.
Mutant wolves roaming Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have developed cancer-resilient abilities: study
February 8, 2024 | 10:23pmThe Chernobyl wolves are exposed to 11.28 millirem of radiation daily for their lifespans -- more than six times the legal safety limit for humans.
Long-held belief that bugs are attracted to light disproved in new study
February 7, 2024 | 10:13pmDrawn like a month to a flame -- or not actually?
Lifelike Einstein, Hawking could be college lecturers thanks to groundbreaking hologram technology
January 24, 2024 | 12:02amCollege students may soon be able to attend lectures given by long-dead pioneers like Albert Einstein and Coco Chanel thanks to groundbreaking hologram technology, according to a report.
Ancient zombie viruses trapped in Arctic ice could unleash deadly new pandemic
January 21, 2024 | 5:07pmScientists are devising strategies for averting a catastrophic global health emergency that could be triggered by ancient viruses hiding deep beneath layers of melting Arctic permafrost.
Federal scientists want to ease restrictions on marijuana, citing medical benefits
January 12, 2024 | 8:58pmThe scientist argue that the drug isn't as prone to abuse as other Schedule I drugs, such as heroin, and have potential to medical benefits.