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This never-before-seen eye cell could help restore lost vision

This never-before-seen eye cell could help restore lost vision

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An mRNA cancer vaccine may offer long-term protection

An mRNA cancer vaccine may offer long-term protection

In a small clinical trial involving pancreatic cancer patients, the vaccine spurred a strong immune response in eight out of 16 participants, generating a legion of red flag–targeting T cells.


‘Shining anus’ volcano in Tonga coughs up cloud of smoke during recent eruption — Earth from space

‘Shining anus’ volcano in Tonga coughs up cloud of smoke during recent eruption — Earth from space

However, the smoke in the image, which was pumping out of a volcanic cone north of the crater lake, known as Lofia, is a reminder that the island is still very much active and could blow its top once again in the future, according to NASA's Earth Observatory.


Human memory is flawed. But a new book says that’s OK

Human memory is flawed. But a new book says that’s OK

Perhaps the comparison speaks to me because I have watched my kids create elaborate villages of Lego bricks, only to be dismantled, put away (after much nagging) and reconstructed, always with a similar overall structure but with minor and occasionally major changes.


Have we vastly underestimated the total number of people on Earth?

Have we vastly underestimated the total number of people on Earth?

Josias Láng-Ritter and his colleagues at Aalto University, Finland, were working to understand the extent to which dam construction projects caused people to be resettled, but while estimating populations, they kept getting vastly different numbers to official statistics.


Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years ago

Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years ago

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Fossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked like

Fossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked like

The team plans to expand its study by looking at additional early mammal fossils from elsewhere in the world, but Shawkey doesn’t expect the results to be much different.


Mystery illness kills over 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mystery illness kills over 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The main symptoms seen in the reported cases have included fever, chills, headache, body aches, sweating, neck stiffness, cough, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.


Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals mysterious ‘light echo’ in the broken heart of Cassiopeia

Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals mysterious ‘light echo’ in the broken heart of Cassiopeia

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James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic ‘Phoenix’ cools off to birth stars

James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic ‘Phoenix’ cools off to birth stars

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‘It felt like dread.’ Hear what severe depression can do to people

‘It felt like dread.’ Hear what severe depression can do to people

But when you put someone in a PET scanner and you looked at the activity, the metabolism of the brain, there was a clear pattern that was very different from people who weren’t depressed.


Tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh is 1st to be discovered in 100 years

Tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh is 1st to be discovered in 100 years

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