Science

From Japan’s metropolitan heart comes the story of a young woman with a love for nature getting her paws in the door of a scientific career after identifying a taxidermied Japanese wolf gathering dust in a museum collection. The Japanese wolf has been extinct for over a century, but for 10-year-old…

By screening billions of human antibodies, scientists may have taken the first steps towards developing a universal antivenom for snakebites. Their screen identified one which counteracts a protein in venom found in a variety of snakes including king cobras and black mambas. Researchers at Scripps Research Institute then found that the…

It’s not a cure for ALS or cancer, but the pharmacists who just developed a “game-changer” treatment for frostbite deserve plenty of congratulations nonetheless. On February 14th, the FDA approved Aurlumyn (iloprost) injection to treat severe frostbite in adults to reduce the risk of finger or toe amputation. Frostbite can occur…

A large-scale clinical trial of treatment strategies for Crohn’s disease has shown that offering early advanced therapy to all patients straight after diagnosis can drastically improve outcomes, including by reducing the number of people requiring urgent abdominal surgery for treatment of their disease tenfold. Crohn’s disease is a life-long condition characterized…

More than 100 new species of alien-looking marine life have been discovered living near huge underwater mountains off the coast of Chile. An international team of scientists visited previously unexplored sea mountains—towering at up to 3,530 meters—and found dozens of never-before-seen species, including deep-sea corals, sponges, sea urchins, amphipods, and squat…

Describing a “once-in-a-million year event,” an international team of paleontologists has suggested that, though nearly impossible, a herd of pony-sized duck-billed dinosaurs must have either floated or swam across to Africa up to 66 million years ago. Fossils belonging to three species of duck-billed dinosaurs were found in Morocco, on a…

A team of researchers has discovered that even if you only have time to exercise once or twice a week, you can still reap the same benefits as those who exercise more frequently, specifically as regards weight loss, provided you meet certain minimums for duration and intensity. Guidelines from the World…