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Mother seriously worried teen son may not succeed in his chosen medical career as he doesn’t have grades and skills for it. The post Mom Wonders Whether To Discourage Or Encourage Son From Med School Due To His Grades Not Matching Up first appeared on Bored Panda.

A wonderful but thoroughly conventional celebration of the science of evolution

Resveratrol, which is also found in blueberries and peanuts, has been found to slow tumour growth in mice

The study will use a purified form of the natural compound, with the trial also testing if drugs like aspirin and metformin can prevent the disease.

If simple organisms like comb jellies can form a single new being, what does that say about sentience?

New information from the study of Pompeii plaster casts has challenged previous interpretations

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries

A paper on 14 victims from Pompeii describes how DNA analysis shows a different story behind the relationships of the individuals than what historians thought.

A recent study from Italy connects a diet high in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to accelerated biological aging. Published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the findings suggest that such foods, common in many modern diets, could age us faster than previously thought.