Corresponding author Akshay Sharma, MBBS, MSc, St. Jude Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy talks to St. Jude patient enrolled on the reported clinical trial, Corey Luellen. Credit:…
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Soldier’s wrist purse discovered at Roman legionary camp
Archaeologists have discovered a fragment of a soldier’s wrist purse at the site of a temporary Roman camp in South Moravia, Czech Republic. The camp was established by the 10th…
Lost equestrian sculpture found buried in Toul
Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) have discovered an equestrian sculpture during excavations in Toul, France. The discovery was made while conducting a study of the…
Brands want us to trust them. But as the SPF debacle shows, they need to earn it
Credit: CC0 Public Domain It’s quite unsettling to discover something so central to our cultural rituals—the “slop” in the Aussie mantra of “Slip! Slop! Slap!“—can no longer be trusted. We’ve…
Detailed atlas reveals how pesticides affect gut bacteria and hints at probiotic interventions
Gut bacteria accumulate pesticides without altering them. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59747-6 While emerging evidence suggests pesticides can be toxic to the mix of microorganisms in the digestive system,…
Death Isn’t the End: AI Brings Lost Voices Back to Life
Summary: A new paper explores how generative AI is transforming the way we interact with the dead, from virtual reality reunions to lifelike digital avatars. These “generative ghosts” can remember,…
Brain Injury Could Explain Sudden Criminal Behavior
Summary: A new study has found that damage to a specific white matter pathway in the brain—the right uncinate fasciculus—may increase the likelihood of criminal or violent behavior following brain…
Ketamine ‘epidemic’ among UK youth raises alarm
One 10 ml vial of 1000 mg ketamine. Credit: Psychonaught/Wikipedia The first time Barney Casserly used ketamine at a UK music festival he thought he had found “nirvana”. Five years…
Supreme Court rules that states may deny people covered by Medicaid the freedom to choose Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
Having the freedom to choose your own health care provider is something many Americans take for granted. But the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority ruled on June 25, 2025, in…
Many older people embrace vaccines. Research is proving them right
Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles…
