Imagine that today is your first day at a brand new job, and your new boss slaps an enormous booklet on your desk, then walks off without a word. The ...
Space aging
People have been talking about terraforming and colonizing Mars since the beginning of space travel, and in the past few years that ambition seems to ...
Research roundup: Muscles from the lab, and more
We know you want to keep up with the relentless march of progress, but sometimes it’s just too relentless. So why not forget all those endlessly...
Oxidative stress response: One of the many jobs of tumor-suppressor p53
At its most dramatic, oxidative stress can rend DNA in two and predispose cells to mutations that ultimately result in cancer. But the less bombastic ...
Research roundup: The importance of energy in Alzheimer’s, and more
Since the world of Alzheimer’s therapeutics hasn’t seen much practical benefit from targeting harmful proteins like amyloid-beta, maybe ot...
The Hallmarks of Aging: Telomere Attrition
Part of the Hallmarks of Aging series. What–and why–are telomeres? The chromosomes that store your genetic information are capped at each ...