Colorectal, or bowel, cancer is one of the forms of the disease that are particularly on the rise among young people Getty Images North America Copyright: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fight Colorectal Cancer An attempt to uncover the reasons behind an increase in cancer in young people has raised more questions than answers. A study…
Scientists have created a comprehensive map of smell receptors in the mouse nose, revealing a few surprises about this fundamental sense. Smell receptors, or olfactory receptors, were previously thought to be randomly distributed within the lining of the nasal cavity. But now, the first-of-its-kind map shows that they are highly organized, with different types separated…
If you’ve been reading Twitchy obsessively all day — and we hope you have — you’ll have read Just Mindy’s piece on an anesthesiologist at Beth Israel Hospital who wished that President Trump’s would-be assassin had better gun control … wink wink. As Mindy wrote, it’s disconcerting to think that a psycho wishing for…
A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent years. A “X-ray dot” found by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory could explain what the hundreds or potentially thousands of these objects are. A paper describing the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon has formally asked for congressional approval to codify its “Department of War” moniker, estimating it will cost taxpayers around $52 million. The estimate from the Pentagon is significantly lower than what the Congressional Budget Office projected in January, when it estimated the rebranding could cost…
Ghirardelli has recalled certain powdered beverage mixes. The recall was initiated following a recall initiated by California Dairies Inc. because of a concern of potential Salmonella contamination in milk powder, which was supplied to a third-party manufacturer and used as an ingredient in powdered beverage mixes. Neither Ghirardelli, its third-party manufacturer, nor the milk powder…
Microsoft’s free productivity suite for Windows power users has never sat still for long. After introducing a dockable command palette last month, the company is back with PowerToys 0.99, and this time, it might be the most feature-packed release in recent months. This version brings two brand-new utilities along with refinements to the existing features….
At the very tip of a scorpion’s stinger, where it pierces prey, the material changes. That needle-like point is reinforced with zinc. Just beneath it, the structure shifts again, with a different metal taking over. Together, they form a layered weapon built to stab, grip, and endure repeated use. A study published in the Journal…
You probably knew, but this editor pleads ignorance: he had no idea who Sergey Brin was until he read in The New York Times that he’s the co-founder of Google. It seems that Brin is rebelling against California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s billionaire tax, and he seems to be warming to the Republican side. The…
18. “I’ve gone no-contact with my father twice. The first time was right after he and my mom divorced. He lived near my brother and was actually pretty involved in my brother’s kid’s lives, but after the divorce, he sent a letter to my brother letting him know that he would not be a grandpa…
