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It's 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change
Let's imagine that we've ended global warming. Humans no longer are releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Here's what life is like in a zero-carbon world. -
Scientists Thread A Nano-Needle To Modify The Genes Of Plants
Getting DNA into plant cells is tricky. Researchers have tried using infectious bacteria, as well as gene guns that shoot gold bullets. Then a physicist came up with a new approach almost by accident. -
Cleanliness, Health And Microbes
You might not be able to see them, but we are surrounded by forests of bacteria. And it turns out, that might not be a bad thing. -
Mysterious Type Of Killer Whales, Sought After For Years, Found In Southern Ocean
The notion that there might be some new kind of killer whale emerged in 1955, when photos from New Zealand showed a bunch of unusual-looking killer whales stranded on a beach. -
A British Man's Remission From HIV Does Not Mean A Cure Is Around The Corner
Medical ethicist Art Caplan warned listeners that the success of a British man's remission from HIV does not mean we have found a cure. -
Dinosaur Tracks Make Fresh Impression At Valley Forge Park
Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania boasts a new feature that's a couple of hundred million years old — dozens of fossilized dinosaur footprints. -
FDA Approves Esketamine Nasal Spray For Hard-To-Treat Depression
Three decades after Prozac arrived, consumers are getting a new kind of antidepressant. The medicine is based on the anesthetic ketamine, which has been used illicitly as a party drug. -
Alzheimer's Screening Often Left Out Of Seniors' Wellness Exams
A brief cognitive test can detect signs of Alzheimer's in older patients. Only half of primary doctors routinely give it, despite coverage by Medicare as part of annual wellness visits. -
Climate Change Will Change The Color Of The Ocean, Researcher Says
The subtropics will get bluer. The Arctic and Antarctic will get greener. -
London Man Is 2nd Patient To Be Free Of HIV After Transplant
Such transplants are dangerous and have failed in other patients. They're also impractical to try to cure the millions already infected.
