Scientists Reviewed 217 Trials To Find The Best Exercise For Knee Arthritis Pain
A sweeping review of 217 clinical trials involving more than 15,000 participants has produced the clearest guidance yet on which types of exercise are most effective for people living with knee osteoarthritis, and the answer turns out to be accessible, inexpensive, and available to almost anyone: walking, cycling, and swimming. The study, published in The […]
Closer To Unlocking The DNA Of The Most Brilliant Person Who Ever Lived
Scientists are closer than ever to reconstructing the DNA of Leonardo da Vinci, after a 30-year research project mapped his family tree across 21 generations, identified 15 living male descendants through an unbroken paternal line, and confirmed through genetic testing that shared Y chromosome segments trace back at least 15 generations within the da Vinci […]
NASA Just Beamed 484 Gigabytes From The Moon Using Lasers And It Changes How We Will Experience Deep Space
During the Artemis II mission, NASA deployed a laser-based communication system on the Orion spacecraft that successfully transmitted 484 gigabytes of data from lunar distance back to Earth, the equivalent of streaming roughly 100 high-definition movies, in a demonstration that engineers say could fundamentally change how future deep-space missions are conducted and experienced. The system, […]
Spirit Shut Down So A Rival Airline Gave Him The Send-Off He Deserved
Captain Jon Jackson had it all planned out. After a career spanning decades as a commercial airline pilot, his final flight was scheduled for May 2 from Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore, with the traditional water cannon salute waiting for him at the other end. Then, at 3 a.m. that morning, Spirit Airlines ceased all operations, […]
The Supreme Court Just Stepped In To Preserve Mail Access To The Most Common Abortion Medication In The US
The Supreme Court stepped in on Monday to temporarily preserve telehealth and mail access to mifepristone, the medication used in more than 60 percent of abortions in the United States, while the justices review emergency appeals challenging a lower court ruling that had reinstated a nationwide requirement that the drug be obtained in person. The […]
Scientists Just Proved For The First Time That Human Hearts Can Repair Themselves After A Heart Attack
For decades, medicine has operated on a widely accepted assumption: when a heart attack destroys heart muscle cells, they are gone permanently, replaced by scar tissue, with no hope of natural repair. A landmark study from the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute, and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital has now overturned that assumption for […]
He Was One Of The First People To Get A Pig Kidney And His Story Traces The Golden Age Of Transplant Medicine
Tim Andrews of Concord, New Hampshire was running out of options three years ago when doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital offered him a chance at something the world had never seen: a genetically modified pig kidney, transplanted into a living human being. Andrews became one of the first 10 people in history to undergo the […]
The 2026 Met Gala Was Absolutely Iconic, Here Are Some Of The Best Moments
Fashion’s biggest night delivered. The 2026 Met Gala themed “Costume Art,” with a dress code of “Fashion Is Art” took over the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night, and the looks, surprises, and sheer spectacle did not disappoint. The undisputed headline of the evening was Beyoncé, who returned to the Met Gala red carpet […]
A 12-Year-Old Fighting Brain Cancer Raised $22 At A Lemonade Stand For Research And Then Something Incredible Happened
When 12-year-old Rowan Rieve learned that federal funding for childhood brain tumor research had been cut, he set up a lemonade and sweet tea stand with his friends, raised $22.25, and brought every coin to his next cancer appointment in a small plastic bag for the research team, telling his doctor simply that the hospital […]
Every Patient In This Bowel Cancer Trial Has Been Cancer Free For Nearly Three Years
In one of the most striking results from any cancer clinical trial in recent years, every single patient in a bowel cancer study has remained cancer-free for nearly three years after receiving a short course of immunotherapy before surgery, with zero relapses recorded in the entire cohort as of the latest follow-up data. The NEOPRISM-CRC […]