Why we see hope for the future of science journalism
Mar 01, 2019 15:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Eat blueberries for the antioxidants. Exercise daily at a moderate intensity for optimal heart health. Get the vaccine to prevent the disease. Our decision-making and conduct is influenced by what we read, see or hear....
Can robots ever have a true sense of self? Scientists are making progress
Mar 01, 2019 14:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Having a sense of self lies at the heart of what it means to be human. Without it, we couldnt navigate, interact, empathise or ultimately survive in an ever-changing, complex world of others. We need a sense of self when...
Listening in to brain communications, without surgery
Mar 01, 2019 13:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Plenty of legitimate science plus a whole lot of science fiction discusses ways to hack the brain. What that really means, most of the time even in the fictional examples involves surgery, opening the skull to implant...
Cancer Cure 2019: How Great White Shark Can Lead to Cancer Cure
Feb 27, 2019 09:14 am UTC| Science
Cancer is one of the most harrowing diseases a person can be diagnosed with simply because there is no complete cure found for it yet. However, a recently published research suggests that the usually feared great white...
HIV/AIDS Medication Shows Potential to Treat Age-Related Illnesses Like Alzheimer’s
Feb 27, 2019 09:14 am UTC| Science
While scientists and researchers are still working on finding and developing the complete cure for human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), they discovered another potential drug...
Life quickly finds a way: the surprisingly swift end to evolution's big bang
Feb 19, 2019 16:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
The Cambrian explosion more than 500 million years ago is often considered biologys big bang. Virtually all the major kinds of animals evolved in lifes greatest ever burst of evolution, rapidly populating a weird and...
Feb 19, 2019 09:07 am UTC| Science
Part of the continuing efforts to find the cure for cancer, a team of researchers has developed an antibody-drug that attacks fatal tumors from the inside. Because of how the drug works, it is being likened to a Trojan...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects