Study of two tribes sheds light on role of Western-influenced diet in blood pressure
A South American tribe living in near-total isolation with no Western dietary influences showed no increase in average blood pressure from age one to age 60…
Research In Zero Gravity: 6 Wild Projects On The International Space Station
by Peter Rejcek: It’s been 20 years since the first components of the International Space Station (ISS) were launched from Earth…
The Battle To Save Mt. Shasta: Interview With Dr. Arielle Halpern and Andy Fusso
by Tamra Lucid: Remember when everyone seemed to be waiting for news from Standing Rock?
David Attenborough’s Dire Climate Warning: ‘Our Greatest Threat In Thousands Of Years’
by Nick Visser: “The world’s people have spoken. Their message is clear: Time is running out,” the famed naturalist said at a U.N. conference in Poland…
NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Will Gaze (And Drill) Into The Depths Of The Red Planet
by Devin Coldewey: NASA’s latest mission to Mars, InSight, is set to launch early Saturday morning in pursuit of a number of historic firsts in space travel and planetology…
A spacecraft is landing on Mars — here are 13 incredible facts about the red planet
by Dave Mosher: NASA is about to land InSight: a new $830-million Mars lander that will probe the red planet’s secrets like never before…
Harvard Scientists Say These 5 Things Can Prolong Your Life By A Decade
by Alessandra Malita: You’ll have to make some trade-offs if you want those extra years…
The Spatial Web Will Map Our 3D World—And Change Everything In the Process
by Peter H. Diamandis, MD: The boundaries between digital and physical space are disappearing at a breakneck pace…
The Budding Movement For A Living Economy
by Ben Beachy: A movement is afoot in the shadow of the Trump administration…
Probiotics or Prebiotics: Which Ones Should You Take?
by Sarah Garone: Just when you get a handle on all of the health and wellness trends out there, some new concept comes along that brings you back to square one…
The Gut-Microglia Connection: Implications for Central Nervous System Diseases
The importance of the gut microbiome in central nervous system (CNS) diseases has long been recognized;
Sci-Fi Movies Are the Secret Weapon That Could Help Silicon Valley Grow Up
by Andrew Maynard: If there’s one line that stands the test of time in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic Jurassic Park…
Ears Grown From Apples? The Promise of Plants for Engineering Human Tissue
by Shelly Fan: Inspiration for game-changing science can seemingly come from anywhere…
IBM’s Watson Is Now Offering Career Coaching To Hourly Employees
by Simone Stolzoff: Hourly work rarely comes with benefits. But the baristas, waiters, and retail workers of the world might soon have access to a benefit formerly reserved for the C-suite…
Using Big Data To Give Patients Control Of Their Own Health
by Shelly Fan: Big data, personalized medicine, artificial intelligence. String these three buzzphrases together, and what do you have?
Humans Are About To Touch The Deepest Corners Of The Ocean For The First Time — An Endeavor As Dangerous As Landing On The Moon
by Hilary Brueck: Victor Vescovo, a Wall Street investor who’s traveled to the world’s seven highest peaks, is now aiming to dive to its lowest caverns, the trenches in the sea floor…
AI Won’t Replace Doctors, It Will Augment Them
by Shelly Fan: The future of medicine is a physician-patient-AI golden triangle, one in which machines augment clinical care and diagnostics—one with the patient at its heart…
Custom-Grown Bones, And Other Wild Advances In Regenerative Medicine
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: The human body has always been an incredible machine, from the grand feats of strength and athleticism it can accomplish down to the fine details of each vein, nerve, and cell…
The Recruiter’s Outlook: Solar Hiring Is Booming
by William Liuzza: I’m still thinking about my Intersolar meetings while I plan our SPI trip, so I’m going to keep this month’s Outlook focused on solar hiring trends…
I Shared The Stage With A Beaker Of Poop In China – Bill Gates
by Bill Gates: It’s not often you stand on a stage next to a sample of human feces…
5 Projects That Show How STEAM Can Shape the Future
by Raya Bidshahri: We tend to compartmentalize our understanding of the world into “subjects…”
A New Therapeutic Avenue For Treating Insomnia
Insomnia is one of the major sleep problems with an estimated prevalence of 10 percent to 15 percent in the general population and 30 percent to 60 percent in the older population…
Photographer “Jeff Foliage,” The Pied Piper Of New England’s Fall Colors
by Aria Shavelson: Each autumn, as the weather cools and the leaves turn colors, the country lanes and lakes of New England turn into tourist hotspots…
Technology Is The How, Not The Why Or What
by Socrates: Technology is the new religion, Silicon Valley is the new chosen land and entrepreneurs are the new chosen people…
