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Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found new evidence that small clusters of brain tissue grown from the cells of people with Alzheimer’s disease could help researchers predict how different patients may respond to medications used to manage psychiatric symptoms linked to the condition. The research focused on laboratory-grown brain tissues called organoids. The findings…
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Francesco de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, lay feverish at his family’s villa in October 1587 as his wife, Bianca Cappello, weakened beside him. Outside, stagnant water pooled across the surrounding rice fields and low wetlands. The landscape concealed one possible killer — malaria. But when the couple died on consecutive days, Tuscany began whispering…
Nature can hide some of its more spectacular displays in the weirdest places. At first glance, Australia’s endangered green and golden bell frog (Ranoidea aurea) looks pretty much like any normal frog – a little more patterned than the usual Australian tree frog, but otherwise nothing out of the ordinary. When it kicks out its…
The Chip Age: How Chips Shaped Our Past and Will Define Our Future Rakesh Kumar Icon (2026) Few items are so imperceptible to the public, yet so essential to their lives, as the semiconductor. The computer chip powers the machinery, systems and interfaces that people interact with on a daily basis. The average person will…
Mars was not always the cold, dry world we see today. Billions of years ago, scientists believe it may have been warm, wet, and wrapped in a much thicker atmosphere, creating conditions that could have supported simple microbial life. Even so, proving that life ever existed there remains one of the biggest challenges in planetary…