Category: Science

Spanish Archaeologists Plan Rescue of 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck

MADRID—A group of Spanish archaeologists have made detailed diagrams of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician shipwreck to help work out how best to recover it from the sea before a storm destroys it forever. The eight-meter-long Mazarron II, named after the municipality in the southeastern Spanish region of Murcia where it was found off the coast, is…


Saturn’s Rings Are Glowing in Webb Space Telescope’s Latest Cosmic Shot

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Saturn has a fresh new look thanks to NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. The gas giant is dark in the latest photo by Webb, released Friday, but its icy rings are glowing. Webb snapped the picture in the infrared last weekend. At this wavelength, the planet appears dark because sunlight is absorbed by methane…


Ensuring Your Iron

Anemia affects more than 3 million Americans, and the most prevalent form is iron deficiency anemia. Iron is a critical nutrient for the body and an immediate concern for those with this condition. Other people can become iron deficient as well, especially menstruating women. Getting enough iron doesn’t have to be complicated, but if you…


Vitamin K Protects Against Diabetes, New Study Finds

A recently published Canadian study has discovered the cellular process that allows vitamin K to protect against diabetes. The discovery opens up new ways to treat and prevent this growing epidemic that affects 415 million people worldwide. Vitamin K helps with gamma-carboxylation, one of the countless biochemical processes that our cells carry out, turning one substance…


Carrageenan—The Thickener That’s a Sickener

Editor’s Note: Believe it or not, most of the processed food we eat contains a thickening agent called carrageenan. Studies suggest this food additive is a toxin that contributes to food intolerances and allergies. In the book, “A Consumer’s Guide to Toxic Food Additives” authors Bill and Linda Bonvie introduce the many additives in our…


LIVE 8:45 AM ET: Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis — an AEI Event

In an event held at 8:45 a.m. ET on June 30 by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), some leading experts of the States discuss the “Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis”. Panel I:  Jonathan Fuller, Visiting Scholar, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health; Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology, T. H. Chan School of Public Health,…


LIVE NOW: Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis — an AEI Event

In an event held at 8:45 a.m. ET on June 30 by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), some leading experts of the States discuss the “Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis”. Panel I:  Jonathan Fuller, Visiting Scholar, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health; Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology, T. H. Chan School of Public Health,…


Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis — an AEI Event

In an event held at 8:45 a.m. ET on June 30 by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), some leading experts of the States discuss the “Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis”. Panel I:  Jonathan Fuller, Visiting Scholar, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health; Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology, T. H. Chan School of Public Health,…


Lessons Learned in the Long War on Cancer

Cancer is a disease as old as recorded history, and yet modern science still hasn’t managed to cure it. There’s certainly a huge incentive to find a cure. Cancer has been a leading cause of death worldwide for decades. In the United States and other industrialized nations, cancer is second only to heart disease in…


EPA Underestimated Effects of Power Plant Regulations, Says Global Energy Institute

The Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accused of using overly optimistic assumptions in its internal analysis for its proposed power plant enforcement. The EPA published a significant new regulation (pdf) last month with the goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. According to a June 27 report (pdf) released this week…