12:48
Alzheimer’s Potential Missing Link
An existing drug has been shown to block a key protein implicated in Alzheimer’s disease and restore memory in mice.
3:49
SciFri Snapshot: Monty Hall
The Monty Hall Problem: using probability to win a car…or a goat.
9:24
Worldwide Researchers Flock to Penguin Meeting
The Eighth International Penguin Conference is being held this week.
20:19
Wildfires Consume Funds Flagged for Prevention
Fire historian Steve Pyne says our fire system resembles our health care system—it’s focused on emergencies and not prevention.
6:48
NASA Craft to Sniff Moondust, Test Laser Broadband
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer will suck up dust and gas above the Moon.
10:11
This Doc’s Prescription? Use This App, Twice Daily
Cardiologist Eric Topol says smartphone apps give him a better day-to-day view of patients’ health.
28:50
New Clues to Memory Glitch Behind ‘Senior Moments’
One memory-related gene may retire later in life, leaving you wondering, “Where’d I put my keys?”
16:55
Space Telescope Reawakened for an Asteroid Hunt
NASA will give the dormant WISE space telescope a new task, enlisting it in the hunt for near-Earth asteroids.
22:57
Diagnosing Self-Destruction
Scientists still have little idea what spurs people to take their own lives.
6:40
Ancient Beads with an Otherworldly Origin
Iron beads made from meteoric metals predate the Iron Age.