Ed Cara
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The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Changed the DNA of Local Dogs
New research shines a light on how the Chernobyl disaster changed the DNA of the dogs that remained in the... → Read More
Scientists Manipulate Dreams With Sound to Help Nightmare Sufferers
Freddy Krueger has a new problem to worry about. Researchers say they might have found an improved way to fend... → Read More
Here Are Some of the Freakiest Images of the Microscopic World
The scariest ant you've ever seen and a wasp's stinger up close are some of the many entries in Nikon’s Small World photo contest this year. → Read More
Stressed? Your Dog Can Probably Smell It
Researchers found that dogs can learn to distinguish between a person's normal body odour and their stressed-out scent. → Read More
UK Scientists Create a Mouse Embryo From Stem Cells, No Sperm or Egg Required
Scientists in the UK say they’ve pulled off a feat of genetic engineering: creating a “synthetic” mouse embryo without the... → Read More
One of the World's Rarest 'Lost Birds' Photographed in Colombia
Conservationists in Colombia have recently rediscovered one of the most elusive and mysterious creatures in the world: a singing and... → Read More
We Should Be Banking Our Poop for Future Use, Scientists Argue
Harvard researchers make the case for people storing their poop when young, in order to restore their gut microbiomes later in life. → Read More
Here Are Some Other Emerging Diseases to Keep You Up at Night
The last few years has made it abundantly clear that infectious diseases are not some abstract public health threat —... → Read More
A Man Tore His Lung From Masturbating, Doctors Say
A young man’s session of masturbation inadvertently led to him spending almost a week in the hospital. In a recent... → Read More
Scientists Have Finally Mapped the Whole Human Genome
Scientists have finished mapping the entire human genome, about 20 years after most of the map was complete. In new research this week, a team reports → Read More
A Highly Virulent Variant of HIV Has Been Discovered in the Netherlands
Researchers in a new paper this week say that a highly virulent variant of HIV has been silently circulating in the Netherlands, likely for decades. → Read More
Scientists Say They have Created a Blood Test for Detecting Early Lung Cancer
Scientists in China say they’re well on their way to developing what would be an important achievement in medicine: a... → Read More
5 Infectious Diseases That Are Evolving Faster Than Medicine
Just has humanity has learned to fight off pathogens — through strategies like sanitation and medicine — those pathogens are... → Read More
Deadly Superbug Fungus Spotted in Louisiana for the First Time
A worrying superbug fungus has been spotted in Louisiana for the first time. On Tuesday, hospital officials reported that at least two patients at the → Read More
Sadly, ‘COVID Dick’ Is Real
It seems we can add sexual dysfunction to the long list of unexpected and unpleasant effects of the coronavirus. Thankfully,... → Read More
Dogs Can Tell If You're Speaking to Them in a Foreign Language, Study Finds
When a dog hears a language different from its owners’ native tongue, its brain activity is noticeably different compared to when it hears a → Read More
Texas Scientists Are Sharing the Design for Their New, Cheap Covid-19 Vaccine
Despite some truly important medical advances this year, the covid-19 pandemic is far from over, both in the U.S. and even more so in poorer countries → Read More
The 10 Strangest Medical Cases of 2021
While the covid-19 pandemic has dominated headlines this past year, other maladies continued to trouble humanity — and some of them were extremely → Read More
A Man's Seizures Turned Out to Be Caused by Dead Tapeworms in His Brain
Coming down with seizures would be a scary experience no matter what, but for one unfortunate man, that experience was compounded by the discovery → Read More
Coffee and Tea Linked to Lower Risk of Stroke and Dementia in 11-Year Study
New research out this week suggests that a tea or coffee habit in your later years could help your brain stay in tip-top shape. The study found that → Read More