A peptide from an Australian funnel-web spider has been found to kill both human melanoma cells and cancerous Tasmania devil facial tumours that are threatening the survival of the species.
Smuggling a CRISPR gene editor into staph bacteria can kill the pathogen. This could offer an excellent alternative to traditional antibiotics and is "very effective" at targeting the bacteria..
Practicing yoga can help reduce paranoid thoughts, memory problems, trouble concentrating, and obsessive thoughts in prison inmates, according to new research published in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
A new calculation shows that "the volume of observable space combed so far for [extraterrestrial life] is comparable to searching the volume of a large hot tub for evidence of fish in Earth’s oceans".
