Scientists turned old blood cells into young brain cells from an 80-year-old donor. Molecular age under 20. What the Bonn study found, and its real limits.
Astros 81-81: How a .500 Team Won Its Division
Astros 81-81: the first team to reach the postseason in a full season without a winning record. What the standings measured, and what they never could.
Do Transplanted Hearts Take On the Age of Their New Body?
Transplanted hearts take on the age of their new body, an early Harvard study finds. Young hearts aged faster in old bodies. What it means, and its limits.
Bethe Strings: A 1931 Prediction Physicists Can Now Build
Bethe strings were predicted in 1931 and first glimpsed in a magnet in 2018. Now physicists have built them from atoms. What was found, and why it took so long.
Strength Training Shrinks Fat Cells Before the Scale Moves
Strength training shrank deep belly fat cells in obese mice in one week while their weight stayed the same. What the study found, its limits, and what it means.
Navi Pillay Wins the Nobel Peace Prize: The Judge Who Helped Name Rape as Genocide
Navi Pillay Nobel Peace Prize: the 85-year-old judge sat on the court that first ruled rape can be genocide. The charge only existed because a witness spoke.
Female AI Assistant Paid 10% Less for the Same Work
A female AI assistant was paid 10% less than an identical male one in a new VR study. People said they had no preference. The gap was in the scale, not the work.
Why Are Water Bills Rising So Fast? Up 62% in 10 Years
Why are water bills rising so fast? US bills rose 62% in a decade, beating inflation and incomes. The 93% figure that matters most, and free ways to cope.
Worried Technology Will Make Your Job Obsolete? 27% Are
A record 27% of workers now worry technology will make their job obsolete. Gallup’s own numbers say something more interesting than the headline does.
Open Dialogue Trial: Fewer Hospital Stays, Same Relapses
The first Open Dialogue trial cut psychiatric admissions sharply but did not reduce relapse. The social networks it was built on never measurably grew.