September 28, 2024Recording the cats in the hats: In a world first, veterinary scientists have found a way to scan the brains of cats while they’re awake, using electrodes concealed under specially knitted wool caps, electrodes that cats normally shake off when being tested for chronic pain. Science
September 28, 2024Regardless of socioeconomic status, Black communities face higher gun homicides Science
September 28, 2024Body roundness index (BRI) — a measure of abdominal body fat and height that some believe better reflects proportion of body fat and visceral fat than body mass index (BMI) — may help to predict a person’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to a new study. Science
September 28, 2024Children in the US born in 2020 and 2021 had lower coverage for nearly all vaccines than those born in 2018 and 2019. Financial barriers, vaccine hesitancy, and vaccine-related misinformation all need to be overcome to increase coverage, protect from vaccine-preventable diseases Science
September 28, 2024Trees haven’t grown on the Falkland Islands for thousands of years, but tree trunks and branches preserved in peat suggest the islands were once home to a forest Science
September 28, 2024Pando, located in the Wasatch Mountains of the western US, is a 106-acre stand of quaking aspen clones, making it the largest single organism on Earth by mass. Science