Nuts may be small in size, but they play a large role in many conversations about nutrition and brain function. People often hear that eating nuts for brain health is always a good idea. However, as we shall discover, the truth is more nuanced. Some nuts and nut products support memory, mood, and long-term cognition....
Tim Sweeney is best known as the Epic Games CEO behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine, yet his most important project may be invisible from space. While other billionaires buy superyachts or rockets, Tim Sweeney has quietly spent years buying forests, wetlands, and mountain slopes across North Carolina, then putting them under permanent protection. As...
Early-onset colorectal cancer once seemed rare, yet doctors now diagnose it more often in people under 50. Researchers increasingly treat early-onset disease as a distinct challenge with different life stages and exposures than later diagnoses. One expert review explains that “in the past decades, the incidence of colorectal cancer in people under the age of...
Italian prosecutors are now testing one of the most disturbing claims to emerge from the Bosnian war. During the siege of Sarajevo, wealthy foreigners allegedly paid huge sums to join Bosnian Serb snipers. They are accused of firing at civilians as a kind of human safari. For decades, stories about sniper safaris and “weekend snipers”...
For years, the concept of car touch screens was presented to the public as the future of driving. They promised sleek minimalism, smartphone-style convenience, and endless customization. Yet a different story has emerged on our roads in the real world. In fact, many drivers now report frustration, safety researchers warn about delayed reactions, and regulators...
A two-year-old boy arrives at the hospital with a virus and low potassium. His family expect monitoring, fluids, and a careful recovery. Instead, a lawsuit alleges that a single misplaced decimal point in his prescription turned a routine correction into a fatal medical error. The complaint says that staff at a Florida children’s hospital changed...
For many people, COVID was not a short illness that faded with time. Months later, they still report fatigue, brain fog, chest discomfort, or gut trouble that never quite settles. This cluster of ongoing problems is now called Long Covid and is often grouped under the umbrella of post-COVID symptoms. In simple terms, these are...
Shoppers in the United States may soon find their favorite Italian pasta missing from supermarket aisles, or suddenly far more expensive. A proposed import tax approaching 107 percent on certain Italian pastas has triggered alarm in kitchens, company boardrooms, and political offices on both sides of the Atlantic. The dispute centers on a long-running anti-dumping...
Vitamin D sits at the intersection of bone, muscle, immune health, and overall metabolism. Researchers have asked a simple question for years. Do low vitamin D levels track with a higher risk of dying earlier? Many observational studies say yes, while large randomized trials show limited benefits from routine supplementation. The latest work improves how...
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, or so the old proverb says. But, is there any truth to it? Apples are both affordable and readily available in any season. Nowadays, people are starting to wonder whether the famed proverb reflects what modern nutrition science actually reveals. The short answer is yes, with realistic...
Gray hair often feels like a simple sign of passing time. It is easy to see it as a cosmetic change and nothing more. Yet new evidence links hair pigmentation to deep cellular decisions that also touch cancer risk. In mice, melanocyte stem cells within hair follicles choose between two fates when stressed. One future...
Throughout history, there have been numerous apocalypse predictions, from both seers and scientists. These end-of-the-world predictions range from the biblical to the astronomical. Astronomers have started reading the universe’s spoiler alerts, and the plot twists are wild. A new peer-reviewed study shows how aging stars quietly erase nearby worlds. Another team recently watched a star...
