To an adult, a child's toy may appear to be nothing but a colorful piece of plastic that clutters the lounge room floor. But in reality, a simple toy can be an incredibly powerful educational tool for the young minds that engage with them. That's why a toy manufacturer in Canada has developed Sam, the world's first transgender doll. Sam is designed to educate, not...
The traditions of burial and cremation after death are near universal practices that have come to be recognized as fundamentally human signs of respect for our dead. We have buried our dead for over 100,000 years and traditions of cremation stretch back 20,000 years; these are ancient signals of love, empathy, and belief in afterlife utterly unique to our species and culture. However, as...
The race to find the cure for cancer consists of a multibillion-dollar global research industry that has, in recent years, developed some promising therapies...
A long sought weapon against cancer is gaining ground as doctors develop new immunotherapy technologies that empower the immune system to better attack previously...
Our giant mammalian cousin the elephant has a weirdly long life span.
Simple logic says that cancers should be developing more frequently in elephants, given...
"Cancer doesn't stop me being from being a princess."
Last month, 17 year-old Andrea Sierra Salazar made this empowered statement on Twitter to accompany a series...
Two years ago, 13-year old Briana Ayala, an aspiring fashion designer, faced a life-changing dilemma. Doctors found a rare tumor wrapped around her aorta,...
Researchers from Stanford University have developed a vaccine capable of eliminating tumors in mice, with potentially no serious side effects. The treatment consists of...
Nothing can stop 15-year old Peyton Richardson from dancing—not even cancer.
Over two years ago, Peyton began to feel inexplicably exhausted by the slightest movements...
