Gray hair might be a style statement for some, but for others, it's one of the more visible signs of getting older. Now, scientists are getting closer to understanding why our hair turns gray—and how they might one day stop or even reverse it.
A research team at NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine has been studying special cells called melanocyte stem cells (McSCs). These are the cells responsible for producing melanin, the pigment that gives our hair its color.
A recent study from the CDC and the University of Georgia has revealed a troubling trend: 1 in 5 adult suicides in the U.S. between 2003 and 2020 were connected to relationship problems.
These "intimate partner problems" include breakups, divorces, arguments, jealousy, and abuse. While most people might first think of domestic violence, the term covers a much broader range of stress within romantic relationships.
What the Study Found
The research looked at data from over 400,000 suicides of people aged 18 and older.
Ever wished you had the perfect thing to say on a date or during a nerve-wracking job interview? A group of student researchers at Stanford may have come up with something to help — and it’s as wild as it sounds.
They’ve created a pair of smart glasses powered by GPT-4, OpenAI’s powerful language model, that listens to your conversations and suggests what you should say next. They call it rizzGPT, and it promises “real-time Charisma as a Service.”
In a twist straight out of science fiction, a senior Pentagon official has suggested that some recent UFO sightings might actually be alien probes sent from a mothership quietly cruising near Earth.
Imagine battling cancer with nothing more than a gentle swab of bacteria. Sounds like science fiction, right? Well, researchers at Stanford Medicine have just taken a major step toward making that a reality.
In a major leap forward for brain health, scientists at MIT have found a new way to potentially reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. Their method uses a special kind of peptide — a small chain of amino acids — to calm down an enzyme that’s usually overactive in people with Alzheimer’s. The results? Pretty remarkable so far.
Imagine being able to catch the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease not with hours of testing, but with just a few minutes of casual conversation. Thanks to artificial intelligence, that idea is becoming a real possibility.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a way to use AI to detect early signs of cognitive decline, like Alzheimer’s, just by analyzing how a person speaks. This could lead to a quick and easy screening test that doctors might one day use during regular checkups.
Vaccines aren’t just for preventing the flu or COVID anymore. Thanks to major scientific breakthroughs, we’re now looking at a future where vaccines could help protect us from diseases like cancer, heart disease, and even some autoimmune conditions.
According to Moderna, the company behind one of the leading COVID-19 vaccines, we could start seeing these next-generation vaccines in just a few years — possibly by 2030.
We all know that as we get older, our immune systems don’t work quite as well as they used to. That’s a big reason why older adults tend to get sicker more easily and take longer to recover. But there’s a small group of people who seem to defy this trend — centenarians, or people who live to be 100 or older. Now, researchers think they may have uncovered why.
Artificial intelligence is moving fast—and according to a recent report from Goldman Sachs, it could shake up the global job market in a big way. The investment bank says up to 300 million full-time jobs across the world may be affected by AI in some form.
What Does That Mean?
Goldman Sachs’ economists looked into how tools like ChatGPT and other AI systems might change the way we work. They predict that about 18% of jobs globally could be automated or partly handled by AI.