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Photo by NYU Langone Staff Woman Receives First-Ever Fully Robotic Double Lung Transplant
Cheryl Mehrkar, a 57-year-old New York woman, recently received the first-ever fully robotic double lung transplant.
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Photo by izusek Don’t Get Too Comfy: Sitting Too Much Can Lead to Heart Disease
The risk of heart disease is greater in people who sit more than 10.6 hours a day, even if they spend time working out, a new study found.
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Photo by Morten Falch Sortland US Plagued by ‘Historically High’ Number of Preterm Births
There were 370,000 preterm births in the US last year.
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Photo by Aliverdibayli Sadig A Rotting Dead Whale is Drawing a Massive Crowd at the World’s Largest Lake
A statue of a beached whale, complete with the smell of rotting fish and actors playing scientists, is a hyper-realistic call to action for climate change.
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(Photo by John Lamb / Getty Images) Women Are Turning to Testosterone Therapy in Search of ‘Miracle-Drug’
On the advice of influencers, middle aged women are turning to testosterone therapy to combat symptoms of menopause.
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Photo by Marie Mangan, courtesy of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Man’s Brain Tumor Shrinks by Half Amid Clinical Trial
Paul, a British man, saw his brain tumor shrink by half after he participated in a groundbreaking clinical trial.
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Photo by The Development Bureau Dinosaur Fossils Discovered in Hong Kong for the First Time
Researchers discovered fossils from a large aged dinosaur dating back to the Cretaceous period, between 66 and 145 million years ago.
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Scientists Got Hornets Wasted on Absinthe to Test Their Freakish Alcohol Tolerance
Oriental hornets can survive consuming 80% alcohol concentrations—20 times more than most vertebrates—thanks to their evolutionary relationship with fermented fruit.
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Artistic rendering of Quaestio simpsonorum. (Walker Weyland / Florida State University) They Found a 550-Million-Year-Old Fleshy Blob with a Question Mark on It
Scientists discovered Quaestio simpsonorum, a palm-sized prehistoric creature from 550 million years ago that was one of Earth’s first mobile animals.
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Melancholic Thoughts, 1907. (Photo by Art Images via Getty Images) Can Fighting Inflammation Fix Your Lack of Motivation? Scientists Say Maybe
New study suggests anti-inflammatory drugs may boost motivation in depressed patients with high inflammation levels.
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Photo by Maskot 1 in 4 Adults in the U.S. Suspect They Have Undiagnosed ADHD
Social media videos have led 25 percent of American adults to consider if they have the disorder, a new study found.
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Photo by PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images 50 Skeletons From the Viking Age Unearthed in Denmark
Archaeologists discovered skeletons dating back to the 9th and 10th centuries, which will shed light on many aspects of the Viking era.
