Cold skin, hot heart, one gene: Hidden temperature switch decides where disease appears

The saying "cold hands, warm heart" is usually meant metaphorically—but new research from UC Davis School of Medicine and ...
UN Environment Programme

The climate crisis explained in seven graphs

New data show that humans are continuing to make the climate crisis worse but there are some reasons for hope.

Your climate impact doesn’t end when you die. More people are considering ‘greener’ death options

Your carbon footprint doesn’t end when you die. Conventional death practices like embalming, cremation and getting buried in ...
Laredo Morning Times

One of America’s oldest weather observatories shows people the science behind our climate

At Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center, a weather station 15 miles south of Boston, staff and volunteers have been using ...

These tests claim to tell your ‘biological age.’ Why the science isn’t there yet.

Tests promising to reveal your “biological age” are booming. But scientists say the results vary widely — and aren’t reliable ...
Nature

Genome pioneer Craig Venter dies: here’s how he transformed science

Venter redrew the boundaries of biology — sequencing DNA at unprecedented speed, engineering synthetic life and charting ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Dead Bodies Filled a Mass Grave When the First Plague Pandemic Struck This Early Medieval City. New Research Explores the Identity of the Victims

Researchers analyzed isotopes and DNA in the teeth of remains found in a mass grave from the Plague of Justinian, which swept ...

AI model could warn of cardiac arrest 10 to 15 minutes early

Perelman School of Medicine cardiologist Rajat Deo has been studying electrocardiographic (ECG) data and cardiac rhythms for ...
Bay News 9

Haines City police begin using body cameras again after department drops first contract

TAMPA — A Spectrum News investigation has found information that gives insight into what caused Haines City police officers to stop using body cameras for more than two months. City documents show ...