Who figured out the structure of DNA?
Today, we know DNA is where we get our traits. We know we inherit our DNA from our parents, and that our DNA contains genes. We know that we…
Author: Gina Misra
NASA’s TESS mission discovers a planet orbiting two suns
When two stars orbit each other, it is called a binary star. In 2018, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite (TESS) mission found…
How would we know if COVID-19 came from a lab?
A group of researchers gathered evidence from previous studies and, using what is known about the virus structure, made the case that the…
How long will it take to contain COVID-19?
Computer models are handy tools to figure out how well our public health interventions might work in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic…
How the body responds to synthetic THC product “Spice”
The line “times they are a changin’,” as Bob Dylan sang in 1964, describes the state of cannabis research aptly. As cannabis and…
Hacking hydroponics to grow kidney-friendly vegetables
Patients with kidney disease have to avoid potassium, so researchers in Italy grew microgreens in low-potassium fertilizer, potentially…
Electric hand dryers in restrooms aren’t as clean as you think
Scientists sampled air, surfaces, and dust from restrooms in three hospitals in the UK, Italy, and France and found that bathrooms with hand…
Is coconut oil really healthier than butter?
Researchers found in a recent study that coconut oil had no impact on body weight but may have a small postive impact on cholesterol…
Did humans really kill most of the plants and animals?
We may be the most successful land mammal, but pound for pound, plants and bacteria still have us beat.
Are microaggressions based on good science?
If you’ve been on the internet in the last five years, you may have come across the word “microaggression.” A microaggression is an…