Gut microbes are the community within you that you can’t live without – how eating well can cultivate your microbial and social self
The age-old adage “you are what you eat” holds profound truth. Nearly every molecule in…
Genetically engineered bacteria can detect cancer cells in a world-first experiment
As medical technology advances, many diseases could be detected, prevented and cured with cells, rather…
Is there new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics? Our finding will help settle the question
Despite its tremendous success in predicting the existence of new particles and forces, the Standard…
Lab-grown ‘ghost hearts’ work to solve organ transplant shortage by combining a cleaned-out pig heart with a patient’s own stem cells
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that…
Elon Musk aims to turn Twitter into an ‘everything app’ – a social media and marketing scholar explains what that is and why it’s not so easy to do
Elon Musk’s recent rebranding of Twitter as X is a step toward the CEO’s goal…
How drugs can warp your sense of time
Imagine a world where you could control your sense of time. Where trips to the…
The new technology that is making cars easier for criminals to steal, or crash
There is much talk in the automotive industry about the “internet of vehicles” (IoV). This…
Researchers dig deep underground in hopes of finally observing dark matter
Physicists like me don’t fully understand what makes up about 83% of the matter of…
A brief illustrated guide to ‘scissors congruence’ − an ancient geometric idea that’s still fueling cutting-edge mathematical research
In math class, you probably learned how to compute the area of lots of different…
AI can help forecast air quality, but freak events like 2023’s summer of wildfire smoke require traditional methods too
Wildfire smoke from Canada’s extreme fire season has left a lot of people thinking about…