The Economist

Tumour cells use a genetic trick to become drug-resistant

CANCERS ARE real biological cheats. Whereas most of the cells in a healthy animal’s body get along by following the same set of genetic rules, cancer cells shamelessly ignore them. Healthy cells, for ...
The New York Times

How Older Adults Are Using V.R. to Counter Social Isolation

New tools tailored for use in senior living communities allow for shared experiences and social bonding. Credit...Morgan Lieberman for The New York Times Supported by By Charley Locke On a sunny ...
Newsweek

White House Blasted for Reportedly Using Donated Foreign Steel for Ballroom

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The White House has come under fire over the latest development in the ...
Medical Xpress

Sauna heat sends white blood cells surging through your bloodstream, study finds

Sauna bathing releases white blood cells into the bloodstream, a new study from Finland shows. Circulating white blood cells play a key role in the body's defense against various pathogens and ...
The Washington Post

A tiny experiment using Artemis II astronaut cells could reshape medicine

As the four Artemis II astronauts looped around the moon this week before their return trip to Earth, so did four transparent chips, each about the size of a USB thumb drive and seeded with their bone ...
People

13-Year-Old Ryan White Contracted HIV from a Blood Transfusion, Then Was Banned from School. Inside the Activist's Life and Death

Indiana teen Ryan White was banned from school after he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984 Kim Komenich/Getty In 1984, 13-year-old Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS after contracting HIV through a ...
The Hill

White House slams notion of Trump using nuclear weapon in Iran

The White House on Tuesday slammed the notion that the U.S. would use a nuclear weapon in Iran after President Trump threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight” ahead of an 8 p.m. deadline ...
The Boston Globe

A new PBS doc explores how politicians use race to make Americans ‘White with Fear’

“You have to face the fact that the whole problem is really the Blacks,” the president told his chief of staff. “The key is to devise a system that recognizes this while not appearing to.” This is ...
PBS

White House's use of internet memes to promote Iran war sparks criticism

From video game clips to cartoon characters to blockbuster movie scenes, the Trump administration’s Iran messaging has embraced a style critics say blurs the line between propaganda and entertainment ...
New York Post

Mad scientists to power AI data centers with living brain neuron-powered microchip

Scientists placed 200,000 living human brain cells on a microchip and taught it how to play a doomsday video game — and are now using the dystopian tech to power AI data centers. Australian biotech ...
Wired

Japan Approves the World’s First Treatment Made With Reprogrammed Human Cells

Researchers in Japan pioneered reprogrammed cells 20 years ago. Now the country has given the first-ever authorizations to manufacture and sell medical products based on the technology. “We are very ...