Washing Lettuce Might Not Remove All The Germs Human norovirus, sometimes called the "stomach bug," found a way to stay attached to fresh produce even when it’s washed.

One of the first steps of any recipe is to wash your produce. In today’s global food system, fruits and vegetables make a lot of stops before reaching…

Does stopping and then re-starting HIV treatment harm the patient? HIV treatment interruption doesn’t lead to irreparable damage to immune cells and increases in HIV levels after treatment is started again

Caroline, our resident HIV expert, updates us on some new knowledge about what happens when HIV positive patients stop and restart their medications. Is this a dangerous thing? Find out here.

Food or Foul? Aquaculture Pests May Actually be a Valuable Resource. Small invertebrates that grow around fish farms may provide a sustainable and nutritious food source

Many marine organisms have a planktonic form. This means that they drift in the ocean for part of their life until they can find something suitable to attach…

Farmed Fish Need More Exercise to Out-Swim Wild Fish Proper breeding practices and adequate exercise can help farmed fish out-swim wild fish

Many people believe that farmed fish wouldn’t do very well in the wild, but do direct experiments comparing farm-raised to wild fish support this belief? In a collaborative study,…

Molecules That Make Lab-Grown Human Cells Younger Researchers have shown that certain small molecules were able to alter mRNA editing and telomere length in aging human cells.

Aging is a natural and inevitable biological process – one that happens to all living organisms on our planet. While most scientists would agree that aging is indeed…

Pregnant HIV-Positive Women In East Africa Sometimes Quit Treatment Healthy HIV-positive pregnant women drop out of their treatment programs more often than healthy HIV-positive non-pregnant women

Once someone is diagnosed with HIV, it is important for them to get on HIV treatment as soon as possible. One especially important group is pregnant women. Preventing…

Lasers and Fool’s Gold Give a Glimpse Into Our Ocean’s Past The amount of pyrite in the sea floor gives us an idea of how much oxygen was in the ocean millions of years ago.

The amount of trace elements in ocean pyrite correspond to ocean oxygen concentrations at different points in geologic time.

Do Nice Apes Finish Last? It’s Complicated. Despite their natural cooperativity, adult bonobos appeared to favor both humans and cartoon characters that are unhelpful.

Bonobo apes are among our closest genetic relatives. Like humans, they are very social and are known to cooperate to find food. However, new research published in the…

Turn Genes on With the Flip of a Switch! Light-activated DNA shines a spotlight on new gene therapies.

The 1997 US film Men In Black followed two secret agents who protected humans from extraterrestrial aliens, and aliens from humans. They had access to several (fictional) gadgets…

Salmonella Killed Aztecs in 16th Century Oaxaca, Mexico A possible cause of the 1545-1550 Aztec epidemic has been identified in the mass graves from the town of Teposcolula-Yucundaa

The first contact between the Aztecs of Mesoamerica and Spanish Conquistadors is well documented as bloody and disastrous for the Aztecs. However, it was the period of time…

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