Researchers have found an amphibian that makes milk for its babies
The snake-like amphibian is native to Brazil. Researchers say the milk in many ways resembles that produced by mammals. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Geoff Brumfiel Source Type: news
Most Americans support abortion for pregnancy-related emergencies
The majority of American voters, including Republicans, support protecting access to abortion for women who are experiencing pregnancy-related emergencies, such as miscarriages, a KFF poll finds. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Godoy Source Type: news
Massive project aimed at diversifying genetic data reports first results
Researchers have found more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variants from data shared by nearly 250,000 volunteers. Half of the data are from participants of non-European ancestry. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Corporate America has new climate rules to follow, but will they cut global warming?
The Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring publicly-traded companies to disclose information about the risks they face from climate change. Industry is expected to sue to stop the rules.(Image credit: David Goldman) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael Copley Source Type: news
Scientists take a step closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth
Scientists at a biotech company say they have created a key stem cell for Asian elephants that could help save the endangered species and become a steppingstone for bringing back the woolly mammoth.(Image credit: Mark Garlick) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Source Type: news
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worried
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Source: NPR Health and Science - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nell Greenfieldboyce Source Type: news
The Voyager 1 spacecraft has a big glitch. Now, NASA must figure out how to fix it
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Source: NPR Health and Science - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nell Greenfieldboyce Source Type: news
Researchers start studying traumatic brain injury from domestic violence
Researchers may one day be able to identify biomarkers that could indicate when a patient ' s brain is showing signs of assault, even when they themselves are unable or too afraid to report it. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A dance contest let this grad student share his research and celebrates his identity
Sciencemagazine ' s annual contest " Dance Your PhD " invites grad students to present their research through dance. This year ' s winner, Weliton Men ário Costa, showcased his work on kangaroo behavior. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A new satellite will track climate-warming pollution. Here's why that's a big deal
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Source: NPR Health and Science - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julia Simon Source Type: news
Cancer is no longer a death sentence, but treatments still have a long way to go
Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind cancer therapy to treat aggresive forms of skin cancer. It has us thinking of the long history of cancer. One of the first recorded mentions of cancer appears in an ancient Egyptian text from around 3000 B.C. And although we now know much more about how cancer begins — as a series of mutations in someone's DNA — it's a disease people are still grappling with how to cure cancers today. This episode, cancer epidemiologist Mariana Stern talks about cancer history and treatment today — plus, why some people are more prone to certain cancers and wh...
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Berly McCoy Source Type: news
Destruction from the war with Israel has cut Gaza off from the outside world
Spotty internet and cell services, blackouts and the destruction of infrastructure in Gaza during Israel's war with Hamas have hampered aid and medical services and keeping in touch with loved ones. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hadeel Al-Shalchi Source Type: news
For people in Gaza, the war with Israel has made a simple phone call anything but
Spotty internet and cell services, blackouts and the destruction of infrastructure in Gaza during Israel's war with Hamas have hampered aid and medical services and keeping in touch with loved ones. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hadeel Al-Shalchi Source Type: news
Did Archimedes light Roman ships on fire using sunlight? A 13-year-old found out
Scientists have long debated whether Greek scientist Archimedes could have destroyed enemy ships by redirecting sunlight. Brenden Sener, 13, tested it for a school science fair project. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This diet swap can cut your carbon footprint and boost longevity
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Source: NPR Health and Science - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Allison Aubrey Source Type: news
