Bioluminescent Bacteria in a Wifi Pill Track Gut Health in Pigs
The ingestible biosensorLILLIE PAQUETTE, MITBioengineers have come up with a pill containing engineered bacteria and electronics that can read and…
Present-Day Arboreal Birds Have Ground-Dwelling Past
This illustration shows a hypothetical bird fleeing a burning forest in the aftermath of the asteroid strike that eliminated dinosaurs…
Plunging response rates to household surveys worry policymakers
ON A nippy January evening, Clare walks the streets of north London, armed with a file of addresses and maps.…
Right of asylum: ‘The crisis of today’s Europe is not a Schengen crisis but a Dublin crisis’
Gianfranco Schiavone, president of the Italian Consortium of Solidarity (ICS), talks about the ongoing reform of the so-called Dublin process…
Family planning: Even where abortion is legal, access is not granted
In several European countries though abortion laws are not necessary when the lack of available gynecologists makes it almost impossible…
Deep Brain Stimulation Boosts Insulin Sensitivity
WIKIMEDIA, CRAIG HACKING AND A. PROF FRANK GAILLARDElectrical stimulation of the brain’s ventral striatum increases the body’s sensitivity to insulin,…
What Made Human Brains So Big?
FLICKR, _DJ_Finding food and lighting fires might explain why humans have such big brains, researchers report yesterday (May 23) in…
BMW M Teaches You How To Use A Dual-Clutch Gearbox
How to activate the parking mode? How to get the car rolling at low speed? Here are the answers. Have…
Congress Passes âRight to Tryâ Bill
WIKIMEDIA, ANDREW BOSSI On Tuesday (May 22), the US House of Representatives passed controversial legislation that will allow patients with…
Ebola Update: Funding, Vaccines, and More Deaths in DRC
World Health Organization workers deployed medical kits in response to reports of Ebola cases in DRC in 2017.FLICKR, MONUSCOThe US…
Nissan Easy-Fill Tire Alert System Makes Filling Tires A Breeze
Add this to the list of things you never knew you wanted. We’ve all been there. You’ll be driving along…
Nipah Virus Kills 10 in India
ISTOCK, CRAIGRJDSince last Friday (May 18), health officials in the southern Indian state of Kerala have confirmed 10 fatalities from…
An Animated Intro to Truth, Order and Chaos
Godwin video (www.chancegodwin.com), who specializes in educational animations, recently contacted me with this video (taken from a conversation I recently…
Prevalent Form of Childhood Leukemia May Be Preventable
ISTOCK, FATCAMERAAn analysis of more than 30 years of research has revealed the underlying cause of the most common form…