Science

The International Space Station (ISS) has been orbiting Earth as a functional station for 20 years this month, and it’s time to celebrate as only astronauts can — with a really long timelapse video from space. The ESA has put together a fantastic 15-minute video of Earth from the ISS, …

The InSight Mars lander might not be as flashy as a rover that gets to drive all around the planet, but it’s an important instrument in our quest to understand the red planet. After launching earlier this year, InSight is nearing its destination. It should touch down on Mars on …

After months in space, the NASA InSight probe has successfully touched down on Mars. The long-awaited landing came with the usual “seven minutes of terror” while signals from Mars crawled back to Earth at the speed of light. There was nothing to fear this time, though. NASA reports that InSight’s …

Alzheimer’s disease is the most well-known and most common type of age-related dementia. Amyloid plaques and tau tangles are both pathological hallmarks of the disease. A new study in mice shows that a novel DNA vaccine delivered to the skin prompts an immune response that reduces buildup of tau and …

Researchers from the University of Oxford and PsiOxus Therapeutics have successfully adapted an oncolytic adenovirus that specifically kills cancer cells, to synthesize a peptide linker that approximates cytotoxic T-cells to cancer-associated fibroblasts in order to eliminate these supportive accomplices. Cancer cells (black) and nearby fibroblasts (red) being killed (green flashes) …

NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet at approximately 3 p.m. EST (12 p.m. PST, 8 p.m. GMT) on November 26, 2018. Blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California on May 5, …

As a trainee, Galileo famously observed a light swinging in Pisa Cathedral and timed its swing against his pulse. He concluded that the period was constant and independent of its amplitude. Advised for You Galileo went on to suggest that a pendulum might control a clock and later designed such …

Promoting science-based medication includes numerous elements– going over the often-complex relationship between research study and best practice, examining particular claims, promoting science-based regulations, and dealing with the numerous methods in which individuals attempt to weaken the clinical basis of medication. To those naïve to the difficulties we deal with, in …

Jugs that date to about 3,600 years ago hold traces of the fragrant substance VANILLA SCOOP Long considered a product that originated in ancient Mexico, vanilla– which is extracted from beans such as these– was used by Middle Easterners around 3,600 years ago, a new study finds. DENVER– Three jugs …

The majority of us would agree that having a terrific memory is something that we can be happy of. When we have the ability to keep in mind things from one moment to the next or maybe even from day to day, it assists us at work, at house and …