I was unaware of this hypothesis and I think “wow” is in order. “If someone pointed out a few random features of humans, and then pointed out that some other random animal shares those cherry-picked features, you shouldn’t be very […]
“Scientific milestone: VERVE-101 provides first proof-of-concept for in vivo DNA base editing in humans” ~ learn more
“People sometimes relax, letting their colleagues do the work instead. This is called “social loafing,” and it’s common where people know their contribution won’t be noticed or they’ve acclimatized to another team member’s high performance. Scientists at the Technical University […]
In another, more recent, experiment with human hookworm species Necator americanus, researchers found that “lowered HOMA-IR values indicated that people were experiencing considerable improvements in insulin sensitivity – results that were both clinically and statistically significant.” ~ learn more
“Robots—and then humans—are going back to the lunar surface. Here’s what they’ll be doing.” ~ learn more
Note that this is a study done in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease, so it’s an imperfect proxy for humans. But it’s probably a safe bet that resistance training doesn’t harm! “After four weeks of training, the mice with […]
Differing snouts, coats, and obedience to to humans distinguish the two species. Dogs are possibly the first domesticated animals species, and they came form some sort of wolf. But how exactly did that come about? This 2015 article in Scientific […]
“Dr. Gabor Maté is the leading expert on the role the mind-body connection plays in illness and health.” A line that he repeats a few times during this talk stuck with me: “We are biopsychosocial creatures.” Biology, psychology and socio-environmental […]
“By analyzing the genomes of 290 living people, researchers concluded that modern humans descended from at least two populations that coexisted in Africa for a million years before merging in several independent events across the continent. The findings were published […]
Making stem cells from differentiated cells just got a lot faster. “Our results highlight a distinct chemical reprogramming pathway that leads to a shortcut for the generation of human pluripotent stem cells, which represents a powerful strategy for human cell […]