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Renowned filmmaker Christopher Nolan had a specific vision for his movie 'Oppenheimer' - actors wearing glow-in-the-dark watches to depict the vintage era from the 1920s to the 1960s. Little did many know that these watches, which used…

In the US, a vivid green meteor streaked across the night sky, leaving a mesmerizing display. The extraordinary celestial event happened over Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, captivating onlookers and captured by numerous cameras. The…

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 tumors to grow unchecked -- a case of no brakes --…

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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 attention to our bodies. But what if pain is more…

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' programming of gene activity and the mix of blood…

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 Medicine researchers. During the process, called…

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 journal of the Radiological Society of North America…

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 sources. While these communication networks play a…

On clear summer nights, poet Donna Kane sleeps on the front deck of her farmhouse in Rolla, B.C., in an old-fashioned bed under a blue quilt printed with crescent moons.The writer draws inspiration from looking at the sky in this northern…