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by Jordan Wilkerson figures by Michael Gerhardt When someone asks you to consider the impacts of climate change, what do you think of? There’s a good chance that melting ice sheets comes to mind pretty quickly. For that reason, a recent finding…

The warm winter has been hard to miss. January temperatures were higher than average, and a little over a month ago most the Northeast was turning off the heat, opening windows, and wearing shorts in December. The strange weather hasn’t been confined to…

by Marie Siwicki figures by Anna Maurer At this time of year, researchers, doctors, and recreational nerds alike turn to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for the list of the past year’s most important scientific…

by Alexandra Cantley figures by Joy Jiao and Shannon McArdel Over the last several years, antibiotic resistance has gripped the attention of the public. Recently, newspapers have alerted us to a “superbug” in China and detailed the struggles of Daniel…

The surface of the dwarf planet Pluto, taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015 [Image: ‘First Ever High Resolution View of Pluto’s Surface’ under a CC BY 2.0 license]It sounds like it belongs in a sci-fi B movie from the…

by Steph Guerra During his last State of the Union address, President Obama announced a new national effort for ‘a moonshot’ to cure cancer. He wants “America to be the country to cure cancer once and for all.” Still reeling from the premature loss of…

Know anyone who has made a complete commitment to a weight loss diet and not seen any results? Recent research suggests that generic diets that work for some may not work for everyone based on differences in individuals’ genetics and medical histories.…

by Nishita Parnandi figures by Krissy Lyon One of the biggest challenges in treating cancer is to specifically target the cancerous site in a tissue without killing the surrounding normal cells. The use of oncolytic viruses is a new cancer treatment that…

Image of a mouse embryo, different cell types shown by different colors [Image: B0008305 Mouse embryo under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license]Advances in gene editing technology have spurred considerable progress towards a treatment for Duchenne muscular…

by Jessleen K. Kanwal figures by Brad Wierbowski Imagine for a moment that you are unable to taste or smell anything.  For many patients undergoing chemotherapy, this is an everyday reality of their daily fight against cancer.  Chemotherapy kills…