She Had No Medical Degree or PhD But Just Won Nobel Prize for Medicine
This woman studied ancient Chinese texts which led to her discovery of the standard drug used to treat Malaria today, saving millions of lives.
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NASA Engineer Saves Passenger Jet From Disaster When He Spots Malfunction From Window Seat
This commercial flight could have gone much worse if it had not been for an attentive NASA engineer who loves window seats on planes.
Treatment For Autism to Start Trials After Successful Testing, Good For Alzheimer's Too
The therapeutic agent, which could be used to treat Alzheimer's as well, showed great success in reducing social anxiety and improving memory function.
Lung Cancer Patient Given a Year to Live is in Remission Thanks to Cuban Vaccine
"When they told me I had a year to live, I didn't know how, but I was going to prove them wrong." She turned to immunotherapy—and did just that.
Science Shows Smiling is Helpful When You're Stressed - Even if You Don't Mean it
Feeling good usually makes us smile, but does it work the other way around? Can smiling actually make us feel better? In a study to be published by the journal of the Association for Psychological Science, scientists Tara Kraft and Sarah Pressman of the University of Kansas investigated the potential benefits of smiling by looking at how different types of smiling, and the awareness of smiling, affects individuals' ability to recover from episodes of stress. It shows that smiling can have real health-relevant benefits.
Dogs Love Your Smile So Much, They Are Willing to Ignore Danger
Science has already explored how much dogs love their humans, but these researchers delved into just how powerfully dogs react to only your smile.
Astronaut is First to Specifically Contribute to Wikipedia From Space
Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli contributed a piece of content specifically for the online encyclopedia – all while he was aboard the ISS.
Cambridge University Bids Farewell to Stephen Hawking With a Heartfelt Video Tribute
The university bid farewell to their longtime friend and colleague with a video featuring a heartfelt speech that the physicist gave on his 75th birthday.
Surprise Finding Could Lead to New MS Treatments
Though the causes of multiple sclerosis are not well understood, these researchers identified a protein that may be linked to the disease.
Scientists Have Found an 'Off Switch' For Celiac's Disease
Instead of resorting to a restrictive, lifelong diet, researchers are hoping that patients will soon be able to "turn off" the enzyme that inflames celiac's disease.
Want Instant Pain Relief? New Report Says You Could Go For a Swim in Cold Water
Researchers aren't quite sure why, but this new case report suggests that going for cold swims might be a source of instant pain relief.
The World Has Spent $14B on Conservation - and it Worked
109 countries spent $14.4 billion on conservation over the course of a decade - and scientists are now discovering just how effective that funding was.
In World First, Children Given New Ears Grown From Their Own Cells
Microtia is a condition in which a child is born with a malformed ear that causes hearing problems – but now, scientists can just grow them a new one.
These Dogs Are Trained to Detect the Smell of Parkinson's Just by Sniffing a Tee Shirt
There is currently no official method of screening for Parkinson's disease - but this team of dogs is quickly on its way to becoming the first.
Cancer 'Vaccine' Eliminates 97% of Tumors With Amazing Success - Human Trials Next
The vaccine was found to eliminate tumors of the breast, colon, and melanoma varieties - and the shot is currently much cheaper than most immunotherapy treatments.
Scientists Have Just Created a "Super-Antibody" That Can Kill 99% of HIV
These super antibodies - which had a 99% success rate - are an "exciting breakthrough" for immunizing humans against HIV in the future.
Let's Examine the Myth That Big Pharma Doesn't Want to Cure Cancer
Despite examples of bad behavior from 'big pharma', two very important misconceptions routinely make the rounds on the internet. Let's examine the facts...
Greatest Moments From 2017 in a Beautiful Video
If you thought 2017 was too depressing for words, then feast your eyes on this compilation of the ten greatest things that happened throughout the year.
In Bid to Combat Obesity, a Simple Patch Turns Energy-storing Fats into Energy-burning Fats
The process, which mimics the natural one occurring in babies, and uses "a person's own body fats to burn more energy," produced 30% fat loss.
18 Science-backed Tips For Unblocking Your Creativity
Are you having trouble getting those creative juices flowing? Well, science has 18 easy tricks for inspiring your artistic side.
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