Other than light and heat, electrically charged particles, such as electrons, are expelled from the Sun’s corona, its outer layer, and race through space at high speeds in every direction. This stream...

*This article was inspired by a family visit to the San Diego Safari Park and a “behind-the-scenes” tour of the Frozen Zoo laboratories. Zoos are an inseparable part of the effort to restore ecosystem...

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack the pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin. As a result, patients cannot make insulin—the hormone that regulates the entry of ...

When I was a kid, I was astonished that a big car with wings could take off and cruise through the air. “How does an airplane manage to take off?” I asked, like any curious child, and the adults repli...

Peanut allergy comes from an inappropriate immune response to a protein found in peanuts and can trigger symptoms ranging from a runny nose to anaphylactic shock, which can be fatal if not treated pro...

Autism is an umbrella term for neurodevelopmental conditions that manifest, among other things, as difficulties in communication and social interaction. The diagnostic criteria for autism and other fo...

All known living organisms on Earth share a common biochemistry based on six chemical elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus. These six elements are the principal compone...

The first comprehensive quantitative estimate of global biomass was published in a 2018 study led by Dr. Yinon Bar-On and Professor Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute  [1]. Global biomass refers to th...

The human brain is an extremely complex organ. Billions of neurons and other cells, which communicate with each other through a wide variety of electrical and chemical signals, underlie all of our emo...

Every year, we celebrate World RNA Day on the first of August. Why on August 1? Because August is abbreviated as AUG, which is also the start codon in most RNA molecules from which the ribosome produc...

In atherosclerosis, fatty deposits containing cholesterol molecules carried by proteins form on the walls of blood vessels. One of these protein-cholesterol structures is LDL, which is colloquially ca...

CLES@UCL Second Workshop - Organised and chaired by Ioannis Lianos (UCL)

Rare hereditary diseases that affect as few as one newborn in a million pose a special challenge for patients and their families because so little information and research are available. These conditi...

To Members of the IMO Board, We are writing in response to a petition calling for the suspension of Israel’s membership in the International Mathematical Olympiad: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...

It may surprise some of you to learn that the inside of your digestive tract, from the esophagus and all the way through your intestines, is actually part of the body’s external environment. Much like...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...

When: Third Friday of each month at 1 PM Central Time (sometimes fourth Friday; next workshop: Friday, March 21, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Central Time) What: First 90 minutes: Two presentations of CS+Law wo...