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CANNELTON – Bullpush Mountain isn’t a mountain anymore. It’s a flat, grassy meadow that stands out among the wooded hills…
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Biden budget proposes $1.4 billion for environmental justice
The White House’s discretionary budget request released Friday includes over $1.4 billion for environmental justice initiatives, which the Biden administration…
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Inheriting acquired traits requires trailblazer modifications to unfertilized eggs
An epigenetic study at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences shows that in mouse egg cells, modifications to histone…
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Brain disease transmitted by tick bites may be treatable
Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease just as nasty as it sounds. Once bitten by an infected tick, some people develop…
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Biden administration proposes record $6.9 billion budget for NOAA
The increase would infuse a massive amount of resources to support the agency, whose responsibilities include weather forecasting, climate research…
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5 Resistance Band Moves to Fire Up Your Entire Body
If you don’t have tons of weights at your disposal, a resistance band workout can come in clutch if you…
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Alaska sues PFAS makers as lawmakers seek broader action from regulators – Alaska Public Media
DEC”s map of known PFAS-contaminated sites in Alaska. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances chemicals are found in some firefighting foams and…
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Beneath the gaffes, the Duke ran deep
It was as if, having spent his life required to walk two steps behind his wife and never being able…
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Blocking a protein could help overcome cancer resistance to PARP inhibitors
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that blocking a specific protein could increase tumour sensitivity to treatment with…
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U.S. Intelligence Report Warns of Global Consequences of Social Fragmentation
Income inequality could grow worse, the report said, tying it at times to information inequality. The “trust gap” between an…
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Leisure physical activity is linked with health benefits but work activity is not
The first large study showing that leisure time physical activity and occupational physical activity have opposite, and independent, associations with…
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The CDC Officially Declared Racism a ‘Serious Public Health Threat’
This week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that racism seriously threatens public health. The move is…
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Rise of coronavirus variants will define the next phase of the pandemic in the U.S.
The bottom line on all three remains positive. In laboratory tests, vaccines are just as effective against the variant identified…
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Vesta Healthcare pulls in $65M in growth capital backed by Deerfield, Kaiser Permanente
Vesta Healthcare, a digital health platform focused on home-based care, pulled in $65 million in growth capital to help it…
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Childhood diet and exercise creates healthier, less anxious adults: Study in mice shows lasting effects of early-life habits
Exercise and a healthy diet in childhood leads to adults with bigger brains and lower levels of anxiety, according to…
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3 major health items included in President Biden’s budget request
President Biden proposed an ambitious budget for the next federal fiscal year that includes more money for fighting the opioid…
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Stress from work and social interactions put women at higher coronary heart disease risk
Psychosocial stress — typically resulting from difficulty coping with challenging environments — may work synergistically to put women at significantly…
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Pillar of support: Breakthrough discovery could speed up bone implant recovery
An international research team led by Monash University has uncovered a new technique that could speed up recovery from bone…
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This new tech mines old batteries to find critical ingredients for electric vehicles
As the number of electric cars quickly grows—helped by policies like the $174 billion that the Biden administration wants to…
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Masculine traits linked to better parenting for some dads: Key is for men to also believe they should nurture, study finds
In some men, having traditional masculine characteristics such as competitiveness and adventurousness was linked to being better fathers to infants,…
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6 Ways to Care for Your Diabetes During the Pandemic
“[The answer] depends on the specific situation of each patient,” Oscar Morey Vargas, M.D., an endocrinologist at the Cleveland Clinic,…
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This wild-looking house is made out of dirt by a giant 3D printer
Giant 3D printers for construction can help make housing more affordable—as in a neighborhood in Austin, Texas, where a 33-foot-long…
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A sulfosugar from green vegetables promotes the growth of important gut bacteria
A team of scientists has analyzed how microbes in the gut process the plant-based, sulfur-containing sugar sulfoquinovose. Their study discovered…
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Toward a reliable oral treatment for sickle cell disease
For the millions of people worldwide who have sickle cell disease, there are only a few treatment options, which include…
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New EPA chief Michael Regan relishes ‘clean slate’ after chaos of Trump era
Michael Regan has perhaps the most fiendishly challenging job within Joe Biden’s administration. As the head of the Environmental Protection…
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5 Reasons Exercise Can Make You Happy
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression is a common illness globally. It affects about 264 million people worldwide,…
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Are Huge Tree Planting Projects More Hype than Solution?
In late January, the multibillionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter and abruptly announced, “Am donating $100M towards a prize for…
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Recipe: Avocado Brownie Bites
You may be surprised at the secret ingredient here: Avocado, which deepens the chocolate flavor and adds creaminess. These bites…
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Experts predict another abnormally active hurricane season in the Atlantic
The forecasters are calling for 17 named storms, compared with an average of 12.1, and eight hurricanes, compared with an…
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Blood test for depression, bipolar disorder
Worldwide, 1 in 4 people will suffer from a depressive episode in their lifetime. While current diagnosis and treatment approaches…
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Fauci Thanks US Health Workers for Sacrifices but Admits PPE Shortages Drove Up Death Toll
Dr. Anthony Fauci thanked America’s health care workers, who “every single day put themselves at risk” during the pandemic, even…
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Federal Agencies Plan to Investigate Links between PFAS Exposure and Viral Illness – Circle of Blue
Two federal health agencies intend to scrutinize connection between two hot-button health issues. Toxic PFAS chemicals have been detected at…
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New test to study language development in youth with Down syndrome
Expressive language sampling (ELS) is a useful tool for measuring communication development in youth with Down syndrome, a new multi-site…
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Amid debate, few transgender kids in NC school sports – NC Health News
Fewer than 10 transgender athletes, female or male, have sought to play on public high school sport teams that align…
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Parkinson’s, cancer, type 2 diabetes share a key element that drives disease: Enzyme with central role in cancer and type 2 diabetes also activates
When cells are stressed, chemical alarms go off, setting in motion a flurry of activity that protects the cell’s most…
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How to tame a restless genome
Short pieces of DNA — jumping genes — can bounce from one place to another in our genomes. When too…
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STING gene methylation allows melanoma to evade the immune system: Findings lead to the development of therapeutic strategies to overcome it
A dysfunctional immune system significantly contributes to the development of cancer. Several therapeutic strategies to activate the immune system to…
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Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing
Increasingly, Brazilian environmental researchers, academics and officials appear to be coming under fire for their scientific work or views, sometimes…
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Research shows cytonemes distribute Wnt proteins in vertebrate tissue
Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in understanding the way in which cells communicate with each other. A team of…
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How the Tahltan and a B.C. mining company collaborated to protect Mount Edziza from development | The Narwhal
Thanks to a unique collaboration between the Tahltan Nation, the B.C. government, a mining company and non-profit environmental organizations, an…
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New insight into formation of the human embryo
Pioneering research led by experts from the University of Exeter’s Living Systems Institute has provided new insight into formation of…
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A new agent for brain diseases: mRNA
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) demonstrate an mRNA delivery system that effectively produces BDNF protein in rat…
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Ancient plant DNA and pollen found intact under Baffin Island lake | Nunatsiaq News
‘Kind of like a natural refrigerator … we don’t think it ever froze,’ says researcher The white snowy landscape of…
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Sign-language exposure impacts infants as young as 5 months old
While it isn’t surprising that infants and children love to look at people’s movements and faces, recent research from Rochester…
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California appoints analyst to study Salton Sea water importation
California remains far behind its targets for addressing exposed playa around the Salton Sea, according to data released in the…
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‘Pain is always a perception’: Physical therapy can help prevent, treat opioid use disorder
When you think of ways to treat opioid use disorder, you might think methadone clinics and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. You…
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As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them
“Saying ‘Oh, there’s locusts in northern Kenya’ doesn’t help at all,” Mr. Cressman said. “We need longitude and latitude coordinates…
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‘Emotional’ reviews predict business success, new study shows: That five-star rating? It doesn’t say what you think it does
Five-star ratings are no guarantee to lead you to the perfect barber who truly understands your hair or to the…
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Panorama Organic Is Teaming Up With The Audubon Society To Save Birds
Panorama Organic is teaming with the Audubon Society to curb bird declines. getty Early this week, the Audubon Society, one…
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Climate scientists race to track shrinking sea meadows
Seagrasses store more than twice as much carbon and as land forests – but human activity is killing them off…
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