Raphael Mechoulam, the 'father of cannabis research' who discovered THC, has died
When Mechoulam began his chemistry career, other drugs like cocaine and morphine had long been studied. But little was known about the scientific properties of the marijuana plant. (Image credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Becky Sullivan Source Type: news
National Zoo steps in after Amur tiger pair prove to be 'just friends' and won't mate
When their rare Siberian tigers proved to be "just friends," the National Zoo turned to artificial insemination in hopes of creating a next generation. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jacob Fenston Source Type: news
See 5 planets align in the sky the next few nights
The next few nights, five planets will line up in the sky: Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Oliver Dearden Source Type: news
Why the COVID-19 death rate varies dramatically across the U.S.
NPR's Miles Parks speaks to Thomas Bollyky, the co-author of a new report examining why COVID-19 death rates varied dramatically across the U.S. — and how that might improve future outcomes. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Miles Parks Source Type: news
Why the COVID-19 death rate varies dramatically across the US
NPR's Miles Parks speaks to Thomas Bollyky, the co-author of a new report examining why COVID-19 death rates varied dramatically across the U.S. - and how that might improve future outcomes. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Miles Parks Source Type: news
Does the perfect Oreo cream-to-chocolate ratio exist? One research study says yes
NPR's Miles Parks speaks with PhD candidate in mechanical engineering at MIT, Crystal Owens, about her scientific study, "On Oreology, the fracture and flow of 'milk's favorite cookie®.'" (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Miles Parks Source Type: news
You asked about bats, pets, immunity and other hot viral topics! We've got answers
In response to our series on spillover viruses, you had many questions: from the role of climate change to possible benefits. We turn the mic to you for a special edition of 'Hidden Viruses.' (Image credit: Olivia Taussig-Rees for NPR) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ari Daniel Source Type: news
Intel co-founder and philanthropist Gordon Moore has died at 94
Moore also made his famous observation, now known as Moore's Law, three years before he helped start Intel in 1968. It said the capacity and complexity of integrated circuits would double every year.(Image credit: Ben Margot/AP) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: The Associated Press Source Type: news
5 planets could be visible in the night sky next week
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Source: NPR Health and Science - March 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joe Hernandez Source Type: news
Scientists sequence Beethoven's genome for clues into his painful past
Scientists have sequenced the genome of Ludwig van Beethoven from two-century-old locks of hair, and found clues about the ailments that plagued him in life.(Image credit: Henry Guttmann Collection/Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ari Daniel Source Type: news
Scientists think they know why interstellar object 'Oumuamua moved so strangely
A strange comet-like object discovered over 5 years ago was the first known visitor from another solar system. Its movement through space was so odd that scientists struggled to explain it, until now.(Image credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornme) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nell Greenfieldboyce Source Type: news
Garbology is the study of trash. This is why students love it
A professor lends worms to students, takes them to sewage processing plants and encourages them to answer their own questions about garbage. Sometimes, they even make a career out of it. (Image credit: Stephanie Hughes) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire Murashima Source Type: news
Meet the 'glass-half-full girl' whose brain rewired after losing a hemisphere
Mora Leeb was 9 months old when surgeons removed half her brain. Now 15, she plays soccer and tells jokes. Scientists say Mora is an extreme example of a process known as brain plasticity. (Image credit: Seth Leeb) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Hamilton Source Type: news
Scientists believe they have found a crucial building block of life on an asteroid
It's an intriguing finding that suggests life as we know it may have been seeded by asteroids and meteors. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Geoff Brumfiel Source Type: news
A shrinking reservoir signals Ukraine and Russia are waging a dangerous water war
Russia is using a dam it controls to release water from Ukraine's massive Kakhovka Reservoir. It's one of dozens of cases where the war is limiting access to safe water. (Image credit: Dmytro Smoliyenko / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Geoff Brumfiel Source Type: news
