Science and Technology
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HHS halts grants for EcoHealth, which funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan on coronaviruses
“The Department of Health and Human Services suspended all federal grants Tuesday to the controversial Manhattan nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, which…
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Sex-change doctors hid disturbing findings about child sex changes
By Mary Rooke The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) apparently blocked Johns Hopkins University researchers from publishing their…
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Gene therapy restores vision in some patients with inherited blindness
“For her entire life, college student Olivia Cook had only a small degree of central vision. It was as if…
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Gender Doctor Calls Genital Surgery An ‘Adventure’ For Young People While Describing Grisly Complications
By Megan Brock and Kate Anderson This is the fourth article in the “WPATH Tapes” series on the World Professional…
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English toddler has hearing restored in world’s first gene therapy trial
“A British toddler has had her hearing restored after becoming the first person in the world to take part in…
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New cancer vaccine triggers fierce immune response to fight malignant brain tumor
A new mRNA cancer vaccine triggers a strong immune response to fight malignant brain tumor, according to a May 1…
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Lab grown algae could reduce world temperatures
Lab-grown algae could cut greenhouse gas emissions, slowing global warming. Growing algae would be a less destructive approach to cutting…
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Orangutan uses medicinal plant to heal his injury
“When a wild orangutan in Indonesia suffered a painful wound to his cheek, he did something that stunned researchers: He…
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‘Your Responses Here Are Unsatisfactory’: Mastermind Of Wuhan Lab Funding Takes Beating On Capitol Hill
By Robert McGreevy The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic grilled EcoHealth Alliance’s President Peter Daszak on Wednesday morning,…
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Company uses microbes and air to make a meat substitute
A Finnish startup has begun to make food using air, solar power, and microbes, reports The Guardian. The result is…
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Biden administration decrees that doctors must perform gender transitions, be part of the transgender conveyor belt
“The Biden Admin just decreed that doctors nationwide must perform gender transitions or suffer federal penalties…This scheme is bad for…
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‘Greenpeace Crusade Will Blind and Kill Children’
Sometimes, “the law is an ass,” as a character in a novel by Charles Dickens remarked. He said this upon…
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Non-browning apples will be sold soon, making apple slices prettier
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could slice an apple and not have the slices turn brown minutes later? Thanks…
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Artificial intelligence will help prevent power cuts and blackouts
The BBC reports that artificial intelligence will help prevent blackouts and power cuts. As it notes, one way to make…
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Spleens can be turned into functioning livers, a potential way to save lives of people with liver damage
“For the first time, a person has received an experimental treatment to transform one of their lymph nodes into a…
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Chlamydia vaccine shows promising results in phase 1 clinical trial
“An early-stage clinical trial yielded promising results for a chlamydia vaccine,” reports NBC News: There is currently no vaccine to…
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Vaccine stops urinary tract infections for up to nine years
“Recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be prevented for up to nine years with an oral spray vaccine, a landmark…
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America has a record number of bees, due to almond pollination and a Texas tax break
“After almost two decades of relentless colony collapse coverage …. America’s honeybee population has rocketed to an all-time high. We’ve…
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Scientists’ ‘super banana’ could save thousands of lives, reduce blindness, but it faces regulatory and cultural obstacles
Scientists in Uganda have developed a genetically modified banana that could save thousands of children who die every year from…
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Drone swarms could replace farm workers
“The fruits and vegetables you eat may soon be cultivated and processed by an army of drones and robots, some…
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Patient given a new 3D-printed windpipe; medical advance may help people suffering from organ shortages
In a major medical advance, a 3D-printed organ has been transplanted into a patient. A Korean patient is now breathing…
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Brazil will release millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes to fight dengue fever
Faced with a quadrupling of dengue fever cases, which result in agonizing pain, Brazil will release millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes…
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England now has more giant redwoods than California
“Giant redwoods – the world’s largest trees – are flourishing” in England, reports the BBC. There are now more of…
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Robot saves Dutch tulip fields by spotting diseased flowers early
“Theo works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine despite performing hour upon hour of what,…
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Scientists create cow that produces human insulin in its milk
Scientists have generically engineered a cow that can make human insulin in its milk. They introduced some human DNA into…
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Horrific Guinea worm disease may be eradicated from the Earth soon
Guinea worms used to inflict burning pain on millions of people in Africa and South Asia every year. They would…
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U.S. maternal mortality rates are low, not high, study finds
Supporters of more government control of healthcare have long cited high maternal mortality in the United States as a supposed…
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Four-day weather forecasts are now as accurate as one-day forecasts used to be
Weather forecasting has improved enormously in the last 30 years. Four-day forecasts are now as accurate as one-day forecasts were…
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Drinking water could come from thin air
Congress has passed laws restricting water use, based on the false assumption that water is scarce. For example, the Energy…
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Breast cancer death rate drops 58 percent since 1975
The mortality rate for American women with breast cancer fell an estimated 58 percent from 1975 to 2019, according to…
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Robot harvests cotton like a lizard’s tongue catching flies
Picking cotton is painstaking if done by hand. An alternative is to use a mechanical harvester, but those can weigh…
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Genetically modified pigs could end the organ-transplant shortage
David Ayares runs a biotech company in southwestern Virginia that plans to use cloned farm animals to provide kidneys, hearts…
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Cancer vaccine for dogs doubles their survival rates
A new cancer vaccine for dogs nearly doubles their survival rates for certain kinds of cancer. This is significant, because…
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Top Gender Doctors Complain Detransitioners’ Presence Posed ‘Harm’ To Trans Members At Medical Conference
By Megan Brock and Kate Anderson Top gender doctors complained that transgender attendees at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)…
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COVID vaccine mandates caused backlash that reduced vaccination rates in general
COVID vaccine mandates caused a backlash against vaccines in general. The mandates did increase the number of people who took…
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First child ever cured of brutal brain cancer that previously always killed kids who had it
When Lucas was diagnosed with a rare type of brain tumor at age six, everyone understood that he would die…
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