by Chris Tachibana | Jan 1, 2020 | ScienceWire
How do doctors around the world agree on a complex disease? Michele Solis digs into the history of schizophrenia to find out. Michele reports for Distillations from @SciHistoryOrg on how a disease that is diagnosed by behavior was internationally defined. It took a...
by Chris Tachibana | Jan 1, 2020 | ScienceWire
For the New York Times, Wudan Yan leads us through a medical mystery: Why was an otherwise healthy man in Scotland unable to get over what seemed like a simple respiratory infection? Read Wudan’s story in @NYTHealth to find out. And hypochondriacs—Beware. For more,...
by Chris Tachibana | Jan 1, 2020 | ScienceWire
It’s not a Star Wars spinoff—Jeholbaatar is an extinct animal with the lead role in James Gaines’s new SciShow video, “This Ancient Mammal’s Ears Were Built for Chewing.” Watch and learn from James (@the_jmgaines), who wrote for the video about surprising...
by Chris Tachibana | Jan 1, 2020 | ScienceWire
Cockles are bivalves native to the Puget Sound and they may have a cancer problem, writes Hannah Weinberger for Crosscut (@Crosscut). Cockles are a traditional food for the Suquamish, Hannah @weinbergrrrrr writes, so the Tribal Council is supporting research and...
by Chris Tachibana | Jan 1, 2020 | ScienceWire
Lynne Peeples does a deep dive into bioelectronic medicine, aka neuromodulation, biostimulation, or electroceuticals for PNAS Core Concepts @PNASNews. Lynne (@lynnepeeps) explores how small implantable devices offer supplemental treatment for multiple conditions...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 2, 2019 | ScienceWire
Eric Scigliano’s latest project is here: The Big Thaw: Ancient Carbon, Modern Science, and a Race to Save the World. The new book got a stellar and starred review in Kirkus, which called it “a wondrous and timely work.” Eric (@SeattleFlotsam) and photographer Chris...
