Tag: Research

Recent Incidents Prove Arming Teachers Was Mind-Numbingly Stupid

In the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14th, 2018, teenaged students have become outspoken activists. Formally politically “neutral” companies such as Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart have taken sides, cutting ties with the NRA, as the gun control debate heats up. And in another case of twisted roles, will teachers be forced to become armed defenders of their classrooms?...

Youngest Polar Explorer Has the Perfect Response For Sexist Trolls

Think back to where you were as a 16-year-old. Perhaps you had just received your driver's license. You were having your first kiss. You were trying not to fail Advanced Algebra. Jade Hameister is also 16, and this past January, she became the youngest person in history to complete the Polar Hat Trick, traversing the North Pole, South Pole, and Greenland ice sheet. Her Record-Breaking...
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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...

Dolphins Having ‘Conversations’ Like Humans. True or False?

If dolphins could talk, what would they say? Their preferred topics of conversation may remain a mystery, but Ukrainian scientists have recently conducted research...

Scientists Have Discovered What May Be the First Safe Opiate

According to the CDC, from 2000 to 2014 nearly 500,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S. 2014 had a record high of...

Why Aspirin May be the Most Powerful Weapon in the War on Brain Cancer

Less than 20 percent of people with brain cancer survive more than five years after their diagnosis. It’s one of the most deadly forms...

Discovery Shows Hidden System in the Brain Doctors Didn’t Know About

Back in 1816, an Italian anatomist by the name of Paolo Mascagni thought he found something peculiar. He claimed that he saw lymphatic vessels...

Antibody Effective Against 99% of HIV Strains Could Finally Eradicate the Virus

A major breakthrough from collaborating scientists at the US National Institutes of Health and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi means that we could be just...

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,...