Lessons from ‘Star Trek: Picard’—A cybersecurity expert explains how a…
This orbiting museum in the show ‘Star Trek: Picard’ plays a key role in fending off a futuristic form of…
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Research illuminates a therapeutic strategy to induce cancer cell death
Cancer is a disease driven by gene mutations. These mutated genes in cancer fall into two major categories: tumor suppressors and oncogenes. Mutations in tumor suppressor genes can allow…
A financial index that illuminates winners and losers in Africa
South Africa’s pre-eminence as a financial power in Africa remains undimmed, but there are some challenges coming from behind.
As the table below shows, SA ranked first in the Absa Africa…
The more you look at this you’ll see how beauty illuminates the evil in the world
This story is part of Image Issue 14, “Elevation,” where we examine beauty as a state of being, a process of realization. Read the whole issue here.All of my art starts from a very personal…
Study finds unexpected protective properties of pain: Work in mice illuminates how…
Pain has been long recognized as one of evolution's most reliable tools to detect the presence of harm and signal that something is wrong -- an alert system that tells us to pause and pay…
Study illuminates precancerous ‘clonal outgrowth’ in blood cells
A common, spontaneous mutation in blood stem cells, which has been linked to higher risks of blood cancer and cardiovascular disease, may promote these diseases by altering the stem cells'…
Discovery illuminates how Parkinson’s disease spreads in the brain
Aggregates of the protein alpha-synuclein spread in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease through a cellular waste-ejection process, suggests a new study led by Weill Cornell…
Breast MRI illuminates risk of second breast cancer
Breast tissue features apparent on MRI are linked with future second breast cancer risk in women with a personal history of breast cancer, according to a study published in Radiology, a…
New research model illuminates how organs communicate with each other
Our many different organ systems are in constant communication with each other. During exercise, for example, muscles send out signals to fat and liver tissue to release their energy…
A Cyberattack Illuminates the Shaky State of Student Privacy
The software that many school districts use to track students’ progress can record extremely confidential information on children: “Intellectual disability.” “Emotional Disturbance.”…