Surprising

Fruit might be the surprising key to healthier lungs

Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function, according to research presented at the European Respiratory…

10 months ago

Cocoa supplements show surprising anti-aging potential

Could cocoa extract supplements rich in cocoa flavanols reduce inflammation and, in turn, prevent age-related chronic diseases? In a new…

10 months ago

Godfather of AI reveals a surprising secret for humanity’s survival: Are we ready to handle superintelligent machines?

Could humanity end up creating machines that are impossible to control? At the Ai4 tech conference in Las Vegas, Geoffrey…

11 months ago

The surprising brain chemistry behind instant friendships

A new UC Berkeley study shows that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships.…

11 months ago

Reversing Alzheimer’s damage: Two cancer drugs demonstrate surprising power

Scientists at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes have identified cancer drugs that promise to reverse the changes that occur…

12 months ago

Flowers unfold with surprising precision, despite unruly genes

Flowers grow stems, leaves and petals in a perfect pattern again and again. A new Cornell study shows that even…

1 year ago

New study finds surprising way to curb college-aged drinking harms — without cutting alcohol

Young adults -- particularly college students -- are more likely than any other group in the U.S. to engage in…

1 year ago

Surprising ‘two-faced’ cancer gene role supports paradigm shift in predicting disease

A genetic fault long believed to drive the development of oesophageal cancer may in fact play a protective role early…

2 years ago

Scientists unveil surprising human vs mouse differences in a major cancer immunotherapy target

Since its discovery in the 1990s, "programmed cell death protein 1," or PD-1, has been regarded as a leading target…

2 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Surprising Details of Westerlund 1 Star Cluster

Using advanced infrared imaging, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured unprecedented details of the supermassive star cluster Westerlund…

2 years ago