Ancient viruses gave us our brains.
“Language is a virus,” said William S. Burroughs. Now, Science Daily reports that researchers at Altos Labs-Cambridge Institute of Science have found that intelligence itself […]
“Language is a virus,” said William S. Burroughs. Now, Science Daily reports that researchers at Altos Labs-Cambridge Institute of Science have found that intelligence itself […]
SONG: “Lady at the Generator” [Download] . (available as .ogg here) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on Amsterdam UMC, 4 Jan 2024, “Tiredness Experienced by Long […]
University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Reporting and Policy (CIDRAP) has some scientific findings from colleagues at U Michigan that will surprise no one […]
Amsterdam-based researchers have isolated a physical mechanism behind the fatigue that strikes some people for months after a covid infection. It comes down to the […]
STAT reports on a new study that might be getting to the root of the long-covid brain fog, finding that the symptom appears to go […]
Eurosurveillance reports on an ongoing epidemic that has seen a contagious strain of avian influenza, HPAI H5N1, jump from birds to mammals, where it’s spread […]
Eric Topol, on Ground Truths, does a dive into the history of our understanding of what bacteria has to do with cancer – from the […]
SONG: “14.8 Million” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Nature 14 Dec 2022, “Missing data mean we’ll probably never know how many people died of COVID,” […]
Nature reports on the gaps in information that mean the official counts of people who died as a result of COVID-19 are much, much lower […]
The Scientist looks at two studies that indicate (not prove, but suggest) there may be a link between rare fungi and cancerous tumors: One group, […]
University of Florida (go gator research!) is looking into a treatment that could help stop the loss of coral, which is nice because coral reefs […]
Science News takes a long whiff of a chemical that smells like oranges and flowers that’s given off by people (and other mammals) infected with […]
This is some laboratory glassware used in Pasteur’s experiments, as illustrated in Les merveilles de l’industrie, an 1873 science book that has a marvelous gallery […]
Science News looks at interleukin-13, an immune-system protein linked with allergies that make it hard to breathe – and make it hard for the SARS-CoV-2 […]
The-Scientist explores a strange interaction that helped eliminate smallpox without us even noticing. The vaccine that helped eliminate this killer got an extra boost from […]
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