Rapid Genomic Test Cuts Brain Tumour Diagnosis From Eight Weeks to Two Hours
A genomic test now tells doctors within hours which kind of brain cancer a patient bears, cutting a diagnosis that once took weeks.
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Health, money, habits and the ordinary business of getting through a week.
Istanbul Tattoo Artist’s 20-Animal Portfolio Uses Wildlife Symbols To Sell His Work
A tattoo artist shares 20 animal tattoos with deep symbolic meanings, from the whale's wisdom to the moth's darkness.
Bored Panda’s New Quiz Tests Your Trivia Knowledge Against the Vastness of Human Facts
A quiz of twenty-one questions, wherein history, science, art, and curious facts are tested; see if your knowledge holds.
42 Morbid Stories From r/CuriousSouls, Ranked From Creepy To Unsettling
A list of forty-two grim tales, each stranger than the last, culled from the recesses of the internet's darkest corners.
Poverty Among Older Adults Rises for Fifth Straight Year
Poverty among older Americans rises for a fifth straight year despite record-low national figures, per AARP Foundation data.
Why Is the Liver So Weirdly Regenerative? One Post Says the Answer Is Cancer
The liver heals without scars and regenerates fully after injury. A new theory argues that cancer is the reason why.
Lindsey Vonn Reveals New Relationship in Bikini as Tinder Date Ghosts Her Abroad
Lindsey Vonn posts her new relationship in a bikini, Jade Vow laments Ayia Napa dating, and a Tinder date ghosts abroad — a look at love's mixed fortunes.
Leukemia Drug’s 70-Year Mystery: NUDT5 Protects Cells Through a Non-Enzymatic Role
Scientists discover a protein that controls a 70-year-old leukemia drug's effects without using its usual enzymatic power.
‘Philly Run Tribe’: Five Friends Started a Nighttime Run. Hundreds Show Up Every Week.
Five friends started a nighttime run in Philadelphia and grew into a huge fitness family. Hundreds join their Tuesday night runs along Kelly Drive.
New TSA CT Scanners Could Force Your Carry-On Bags to Be Checked
New TSA CT scanners are so narrow that some carry-on bags won't fit, forcing travelers to check their luggage at the checkpoint.
ADHD and Autism Diagnoses Have Surged. A Massive Study May Help Explain Why
A study finds ADHD and autism diagnoses rose as the population receiving them came to resemble the general population more closely.
Novartis and Novo Nordisk Trials Lower Biomarkers but Fail to Improve Outcomes
Two major trials show drugs can lower markers like lipoprotein(a) and IL-6 without changing patient outcomes. A moment of reckoning for preventive cardiology.