Science News
A Discovery That "Literally Changes the Textbook"
Neuroscience News - 11 Apr 2021 02:07
Study of gar fish reveals the modern eye-brain connection may have evolved much earlier than previously believed.
Did Marie Antoinette really say 'Let them eat cake'?
Live Science - 11 Apr 2021 15:00
No, the misquote is an example of French revolutionary propaganda.
Personalized cancer vaccine deemed safe, shows potential benefit against cancer
Science Daily - 11 Apr 2021 19:40
A personalized cancer vaccine raised no safety concerns and showed potential benefit in patients with different cancers, including lung and bladder, that have a high risk of recurrence, according to results from an inves...
Immune-stimulating drug before surgery shows promise in early-stage pancreatic cancer
Science Daily - 11 Apr 2021 19:40
Giving early-stage pancreatic cancer patients a CD40 immune-stimulating drug helped jumpstart a T cell attack to the notoriously stubborn tumor microenvironment before surgery and other treatments, according to a new stu...
This Robot Taught Itself to Walk in a Simulation--Then Went for a Stroll in Berkeley
Singularity Hub - 11 Apr 2021 18:20
Recently, in a Berkeley lab, a robot called Cassie taught itself to walk, a little like a toddler might. Through trial and error, it learned to move in a simulated world. Then its handlers sent it strolling through a min...
World's largest recorded sawfish washes up dead in Florida
Live Science - 11 Apr 2021 16:14
The longest sawfish ever measured washed up in Florida, not far from another large specimen.