Tag: Research

Psychologists Reveal an Unsettling Truth About People Who Are Too Nice

If you've ever seen the movie "The Stepford Wives", Matthew Broderick moves to the perfect suburban town where everyone is nice - too nice. He soon learns that the women have been transformed into robots, controlled by their husbands. It's a satirical take on just how unsettling it can be when a person appears to be always in a good mood, nice at every...

Meet The Guy Who Wants to Convince You to Drink Coffee made of Elephant Sh*t

Blake Dinkin likes his coffee. Not just any coffee, though, he wouldn't be caught dead sipping on the swill served by Starbucks. No, Blake Dinkin likes his coffee straight from elephant turds. And he'll pay $60 a cup for it, and wants to convince other people that they should shell out ridiculous amounts of cash for an elephant dung cup of joe, too. In...
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Watch This Spinach Leaf Carry Blood to Grow Human Tissue

At any given time in the United States, there are approximately 120,000 patients waiting for a lifesaving organ donation and on average, 22 patients...

New Childhood Cancer Treatment Has an Incredible 93% Success Rate

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,...

The Debate on Cell Phones and Cancer Just Took a Turn

If you have a compulsion to put your phone in another room when you sleep, or you’re a guy who worries about what the...

Can Decriminalizing Pot Help Solve the Opioid Crisis?

Proponents of marijuana legalization have long said that legal marijuana could curb the ever-increasing abuse of opioids. Now, two new studies add powerful support...

Cancer Vaccine With a 97% Success Rate Moves Into Human Trials

Researchers from Stanford University have developed a vaccine capable of eliminating tumors in mice, with potentially no serious side effects. The treatment consists of...

New AI Can Predict How Much Longer You Have to Live

“Doctor, how much time do I have left?” is one of the most difficult but inevitable questions that the doctors of the seriously ill...

Could “Artificial” Sperm Cure Infertility?

Researchers from Cambridge University’s Gurdon Institute have made significant progress towards the replication of  human sperm cells in the lab. Their work, which employed...

These 3D Printed Ovaries Could Restore Human Fertility

Using 3D printing in medical research so far, we have witnessed the development of the 3D-printed ear, jawbones, skeletal muscles, and vascular structures that...

This Baby Lamb Grew Outside its Mother’s Womb – and Humans Could be Next

Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have developed an artificial womb that has successfully developed a young lamb. This is all part of...

This New Cancer Therapy Treatment Has Left Patients in Complete Remission

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...

This Brand New Brain Chip Enables Paralyzed Primates to Walk Again

For the first time in history, a new brain chip was able to restore leg movement in paralyzed primates - a difficult feat that...

This New Drug Might Prevent Alzheimer’s From Forming in the First Place

In the struggle to cure Alzheimer's disease, results from clinical trials of a new drug look promising in both understanding its cause and reducing...