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A child’s cheek with the characteristic rash associated with measles.

The shaky science behind treating measles with vitamin A The shaky science behind treating measles with vitamin A

An Opened Prescription Medicine Bottle Among Many Other Sealed Bottles on Yellow Background High Angle View.

How prescription drugs get their names How prescription drugs get their names

By Julia Craven

Close up of hands preparing pill capsules in lab

‘Poop pills’ tested in pancreatic cancer patients ‘Poop pills’ tested in pancreatic cancer patients

Image of nanoflower structure

Future bandages could be armed with nanoflowers Future bandages could be armed with nanoflowers

Pulmonary tuberculosis,spreading through the lungs.

Clinical trial finds three new ways to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis Clinical trial finds three new ways to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis

By Laura Baisas

Demonstration of the easily injectable hydrogel

Injectable hydrogel can strengthen brittle bones Injectable hydrogel can strengthen brittle bones

Close up of person using nasal spray

FDA approves first-of-its-kind nasal spray for severe depression FDA approves first-of-its-kind nasal spray for severe depression

a scientist in a lab pierces the inside of an oyster to extract blood

Oyster blood could fight superbugs Oyster blood could fight superbugs

By Laura Baisas

Ring-Pop on hand

FDA bans Red No. 3 dye found in many of your favorite snacks FDA bans Red No. 3 dye found in many of your favorite snacks

Close up of silver hands from silver poisoning

Mysterious silver poisoning turned an 84-year-old gray for good Mysterious silver poisoning turned an 84-year-old gray for good

red brain neurons

Why is deep sleep so important to memory? It’s about time. Why is deep sleep so important to memory? It’s about time.

By Laura Baisas

Three people's hands holding beers at bar

AI thought knee X-rays could tell if you drink beer and eat refried beans AI thought knee X-rays could tell if you drink beer and eat refried beans

a variety of products on a banner reading 'best of what's new 2024'

The 50 greatest innovations of 2024 The 50 greatest innovations of 2024

By Popular Science Team

Close up of 3D printed cartilage cell block

New bioprinter 3D prints human tissue 10x faster New bioprinter 3D prints human tissue 10x faster

a body on a morgue table with only the feet showing and a toe tag on the big toe

What happens when you donate your body to science? What happens when you donate your body to science?

By RJ Mackenzie

a scan of a zebrafish with its eye highlighted in green and other parts of its anatomy stained red and blue

Mapping the shifting gaze of ‘fishlets’ Mapping the shifting gaze of ‘fishlets’

By Laura Baisas

This fluorescence image shows chloroplasts (magenta colored) successfully incorporated into the hamster cells, with other features of the animal cell also highlighted (nuclei in light blue and organelles in yellow-green).

Bioengineers made mutant, solar-powered hamster cells Bioengineers made mutant, solar-powered hamster cells

da Vinci Surgical System practicing sutures on pork loin

Watch a robot operate on a pork loin Watch a robot operate on a pork loin

a person performs CPR

Bystander CPR done within 10 minutes likely increases survival rates Bystander CPR done within 10 minutes likely increases survival rates

By Laura Baisas

Close up of two rhesus monkeys

43 rhesus macaques have escaped from South Carolina’s ‘Monkey Farm’ 43 rhesus macaques have escaped from South Carolina’s ‘Monkey Farm’