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It’s been 25 years since the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl became the largest man-made disaster in world history. After years spent studying the abandoned land in the exclusion zone and surrounding areas, a team of scientists have produced an artisanal spirit called Atomik, made using fruit grown and harvested in the disaster zone. Led by

Scientists from the Bioreactors Research Group (BIO-110) of the University of Granada (UGR) have demonstrated that a natural treatment based on flour made from the insect Tenebrio molitor (more commonly known as the mealworm) can help prevent Type II diabetes mellitus. The researchers successfully obtained and identified peptides (molecules comprising one or more amino acids

More than 1,200 people with rare diseases have received a diagnosis thanks to the integration of large-scale genomics into the Stockholm region’s healthcare system. This is according to a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden that analyzed the result of the first five years of collaboration on whole genome sequencing between Karolinska University Hospital and

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are officially the president and vice president of the United States. The swearing-in went mostly smoothly, despite fears of protests breaking out (via Vox). There was one unfortunate hitch, though. When Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor swore in Harris, she mispronounced her name. Breitbart tweeted footage of the historic moment,

At the end of December, 2018, I woke up bloated and in pain. I desperately needed to go the toilet, but despite being just a few steps away from my bathroom, I couldn’t do it. Next to me, in bed, was my date. We had spent a first lovely night together, and because of the

When Lauren Langbein became a doctoral student in cell biology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in 2014, she was used to being a stellar student—she had always excelled in classrooms and labs. But by the end of 2016, her research project was falling apart, and Langbein, a native of Monmouth County, N.J., and a

If I knew March 15 would have been our last “normal” day before the global COVID-19 pandemic turned our lives upside down, I would have done things differently. My daughter and I would have stayed on the beach longer, collecting shells and digging holes in the sand. My husband and I would have stayed up

We may not be able to go out to restaurants like we once used to, and our travel plans may be on hold for the foreseeable future, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t treat ourselves to some elegant, seasonal food at home. While microwaving a frozen dinner or heating up a frozen pizza can

Few things say “summer” quite like a tall, refreshing glass of lemonade, and so many lemon-flavored foods and drinks have come out recently to prove just that. If you like lemon flavor but prefer carbonation in your drinks, there’s Sprite Lemonade, which can help satisfy both of those cravings. We first saw Sprite Lemonade back

Sarah Hyland took to Instagram on Saturday, November 23, to share an empowering photo that she says made her feel “insecure” about her body before she “readjusted” her attitude. “To my fellow #invisibleillness warriors. It’s ok to be insecure about your body,” the Modern Family star, 28, captioned a photo taken on Friday, November 22, that showed

Meghan King Edmonds opened up about how all of her children have been affected by her son Hart’s “irreversible” brain damage diagnosis. “As a family we are all making huge sacrifices to help make Hart function typically,” the Real Housewives of Orange County alum, 34, wrote in a Monday, September 16, blog post. “My heart

Until she was 25, Rachel* was completely healthy. She ran marathons and rode horses, and later she was active in her job as a microbiologist. Suddenly, she developed joint problems. She was first diagnosed with Lyme disease, then a genetic condition called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which makes her joints move beyond their normal range of motion

When I woke up to use the bathroom in the wee hours one recent Saturday morning, I knew something was off the moment I stepped out of bed. I couldn’t find my balance, and the room was spinning; it felt like being really drunk, only I was completely sober. I bounced like a ping-pong ball

A ground-breaking study is underway at the University of Birmingham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham to establish if livers that have been rejected for transplantation can be made viable by using a liver perfusion machine. Scientists are hopeful that machine perfusion could be a major breakthrough that would save more lives and reduce liver transplant

When I was getting ready to return to work after having a baby, I was filled with dread about how I was going to juggle everything. I was worried about how I would handle the emotional toll of leaving my new baby for the majority of our waking hours each day. And I also gathered

The newest antiviral drugs could take advantage of a compound made not by humans, but inside them. A team of researchers has identified the mode of action of viperin, a naturally occurring enzyme in humans and other mammals that is known to have antiviral effects on a wide variety of viruses, including West Nile, hepatitis

Dr. Robert Britton firmly believes every molecule is important. This chemist doesn’t want any molecule sitting unused on a laboratory shelf or in a fridge. “I want every molecule to have a purpose—that’s my ethos for our lab,” says Britton, a GlycoNet network investigator and professor at Simon Fraser University. With that spirit in mind,

Aimee Haller Follis hardly knew anything about toxic shock syndrome before she nearly lost her life because of it. Besides reading the standard warning that comes on every box of tampons, Follis, 37, told PEOPLE she hadn’t really heard anything about TSS since grade school, and assumed it was “kind of an old wives’ tale.”