Climate Change Shifts Diseases

As climates warm, disease carrying life expands its range. Many diseases are confined to the tropics because their carriers can’t Continue reading →

Antibiotics Failing

Antibiotics were an amazing advance in medicine and probably saved millions of lives. Unfortunately, they aren’t working as well as Continue reading →

Food As Medicine

Food is good. Food is necessary. Helping people eat right to maintain health or to counter ailments has been championed Continue reading →

Hacking The Brain

It is now possible to trigger, and possibly create, memories. Individual neurons can be made light sensitive. When illuminated, the Continue reading →

Micro Robotic Surgeons

One of the claims for miniaturization has been that it will be possible to conduct non-invasive surgery by swallowing, injecting, Continue reading →

GMO Humans

China has experimented with genetically modifying human embryos. The first reported trials weren’t encouraging, at least for the process they Continue reading →

Antibiotic Failures Expand

Sad to say, we humans can find great solutions and then negate their value by using them improperly. (Oh dear Continue reading →

The Source Of Consciousness

The source of consciousness may finally have been found, a thin mesh of cells that coat the brain. Not an Continue reading →