WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
Starliner will be leaving the ISS without its crew. Boeing – By David Szondy 2024 Aug 24 – In a red-faced turn of events, NASA has announced that the two Starliner astronauts “not stranded” on the International Space Station (ISS) will be returning to …
Manuka honey, produced from nectar from the mānuka tree, has potent anticancer properties. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Aug 21 – Manuka honey reduced breast cancer cell growth by 84% without harming healthy cells or causing major side effects, according to preliminary studies. …
Scientists have discovered a new type of fat cell that could open a new path to obesity treatments. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2024 Aug 15 – We’ve all done it before – spent time and effort on pointless tasks just so we look …
According to the CDC, heart disease is the number cause of death, with one person dying every 33 seconds from a cardiac condition. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2024 Aug 19 – Smoking, obesity, and stress. They’re all common causes of damaging cardiac events. …
Former Team GB Olympic athlete Sarah Claxton traced her American father through ancestry DNA testing. Photograph: Anselm Ebulue/The Observer – The Observer Genetics – Many people want to uncover their ancestry, but – driven by Brexit – others also hope to regain access …
The site of the newly uncovered wooden-boarded Roman well. Photograph: Mola The Observer – Roman Britain – ‘Astonishingly preserved’ remains in Cambridgeshire give clues to substantial Romano-British industrial settlement – Dalya Alberge 2024 Aug 17 – The Romans were remarkable engineers, thousands of …
Nuts, seeds, dark leafy greens, and dark chocolate are all good dietary sources of magnesium. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2024 Aug 14 – If you’re getting plenty of leafy greens, dark chocolate, nuts, and beans, you’re probably doing fine. But if your diet …
The palms of a patient during an outbreak of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997. Getty Images – By Cheryl Walter, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, University of Hull Published: 2024 Aug 13 – Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases, …
Your tongue offers a window to your overall health, especially when a machine-trained algorithm is looking. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2024 Aug 13 – Updating an ancient form of health diagnosis with modern machine learning, researchers have developed a remarkable system that can …
Targeting progesterone receptors in the brain may be a route to migraine relief for some people. We Are/DigitalVision via Getty Images – By Suchitra Joshi, Research Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Virginia and by Jaideep Kapur, Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology, University …
