Telling people they’re getting a placebo does not stop it from working
Does giving a placebo require lying to a patient? This study concludes...no! Placebos still work even when the patient knows, at least for…
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Researchers developed a video game that allows non-scientists to assist in analyzing genome sequences of microorganisms…
Does giving a placebo require lying to a patient? This study concludes...no! Placebos still work even when the patient knows, at least for…
A team of astronomers were studying GRS 1716-249, an object believed to host a black hole. A wind of gas flowing out of it can be seen in…
Thus far, we have not found evidence of life on Mars. Is it truly a sterile desert, or are we simply looking in the wrong place? #Mars #NASA
Hold your noses! ET life might produce noxious gases in the form of #phosphine. Here’s why phosphine is an important marker in the search…
Detecting fast radio bursts is difficult because the data is "noisy" so ruling out false positives is a current topic of study. A group of…
Did you know that the modern US biomedical industry is built around the baby blue blood of horseshoe crabs? Come find out what scientists…
Dementia is a condition that many of us are all too familiar with within friends and family. Dementia itself is a blanket term that…
Glowing #tardigrades?! Learn how a newly discovered species of tardigrade survive extreme UV radiation. #astrobiology
Have you ever been angered by someone else’s opinion? Did you understand where the person was coming from before disagreeing? Here’s how…
Could dead or living #fungi be used as a biofilter to trap and remove #methane, the potent #greenhousegas, from the atmosphere? Researchers…