A ‘memory wipe’ for stem cells may be the key to better therapies

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Stem cells are special kinds of cells in our body that can become any other type of cell. They have huge potential for medicine, and trials…

GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle unit agrees to cut fleet in half after 2 crashes in San Francisco

A Cruise AV, General Motor’s autonomous electric Bolt EV in Detroit is displayed, Jan. 16, 2019. The California state Department of Motor Vehicles asked for General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle…

Musk says X will scrap ‘block’ feature

Musk has repeatedly cited a desire for free speech as motivating his changes. Elon Musk said Friday his social media company X would scrap a feature that allows users to…

Archaeologists uncover vestiges of the Tepuztecos |

Archaeologists have uncovered vestiges of the Tepuztecos during an expansion of the Puerto del Varal-Corral de Piedra highway at Barranca Chihuila-Corral de Piedra. The Tepuztecos, also known as the Tlacotepehuas,…

5 advances in cancer treatment

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain QUESTION: In the past year, several family members have been diagnosed with various types of cancer, including leukemia, melanoma, breast cancer and colon cancer. In talking…

Bringing addiction care ‘inside the house of medicine’

International per-person consumption of prescription opioids (2010–12). This period coincides with the peak of opioid prescribing in the USA and Canada. Credit: The Lancet (2022). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02252-2 As civilization ground…

Why bilinguals may have a memory advantage—new research

Credit: Luis Molinero/Shutterstock Think about being in a conversation with your best friend or partner. How often do you finish each other’s words and sentences? How do you know what…

Image: Hubble captures cosmic cluster

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, H. Ebeling. The massive cluster Abell 3322 is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in which the galaxy 2MASX J05101744-4519179 basks in…

2010 to 2019 saw increase in incidence of early-onset cancers in U.S.

From 2010 to 2019, the incidence rates of early-onset cancers increased, with gastrointestinal cancers having the fastest-growing incidence rates, according to a study published online Aug. 16 in JAMA Network…

San Francisco launches driverless bus service following robotaxi expansion

A driverless shuttle stops for a passenger on San Francisco’s Treasure Island as part of a pilot program to assess the safety and effectiveness of autonomous vehicles for public transit…