Enlarge / Medical examiner or forensic scientist with dead man’s corpse in morgue. (credit: Getty ) A Louisiana widow is left horrified at the news that her deceased husband was dissected in front of a live, paying audience after she donated his body to scientific research. Elsie Saunders had carried out the wishes of her […]
It’s already been a wild week in New England and it’s only Wednesday. Read more…
If you aren’t in or around the Chicago area, you might not know about the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital. A gem of a building located close to Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, Lurie has been the gold standard for treating children with everything from “boo-boos to blood disorders,” as their website boasts. Read more…
Though the NFL is somewhat divided, Bruce Arians has a very simple idea as to how he could see things returning to normal. Read more…
Citizens of Japan may not have quick access to a vaccine, but Olympians set to descend there in July will. Read more…
Rachel Bush wants to watch her husband, Bills safety Jordan Poyer, play football this season. She does not, however, want to get a COVID-19 vaccine. This is a problem for her, because Erie County, N.Y., is planning to require proof of vaccination to attend Bills and Sabres games this fall. Read more…
We often discuss progress, but we’re seeing some in the NBA as it relates to vaccinations. Read more…
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What should we do about the financial burden of health care? This question has vexed our political class for decades. Not even the passage of Obamacare in 2010 has managed to settle the issue. Now President-elect Biden will get a turn to address our nation’s most intractable long-run challenge. To succeed where others have failed, […]
Artificial intelligence has just solved one of biology’s most vexing challenges: how to determine the three-dimensional shape of a protein. DeepMind, the London-based A.I. company that is owned by Google-parent Alphabet, has created an A.I. system it calls AlphaFold 2 that uses a protein’s DNA sequence to predict its folded shape, frequently to within an […]