McKenzie Prillaman is a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in science …
Certain brain cells are responsible for coordinating smooth, controlled movements of the body. But when those cells are constantly overactivated for weeks on end, they degenerate and ultimately die. This …
Illustration of the drug rapamycin (red) blocking a protein called mTOR (blue) Science Photo Library/Alamy The drug rapamycin’s anti-ageing effects could at least partly be due to it preventing DNA …
Government sets requirements for new space that sound like nearby patent office campus
Cuban brown anoles have the highest blood lead levels of any vertebrate known — three times that of the previous record holder, the Nile crocodile.