By Brian Blum Walking and talking while chewing gum — it sounds like the start to a bad joke, but for older adults with mobility challenges, it’s no laughing matter. “We know that among older people, difficulties performing another task while walking or standing reflect an existing and/or a potential problem concerning both functions, as […]

By Martin M Barillas U.S. space agency NASA has big plans for sending astronauts on years-long voyages to Mars, but living in space for extended periods of time can exact a heavy price on the astronauts’ brain function, scientists say. A study of five Russian cosmonauts who spent time on the International Space Station (ISS) […]

By Peter Barker A new study has found large amounts of toxic materials including copper and lead in the North Atlantic, potentially poisoning fish that eventually end up on dinner plates. A research team led by the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom and the Marine Biological Association learned that paint flakes could be […]

By Martin M Barillas A 74-year-old man who lost his left leg in an accident “felt like a big wind was behind” him, “pushing” him down the road as he walked with the help of an experimental exoskeleton that controls itself with artificial intelligence (AI). Stan Schaar was one of a half-dozen lower-limb amputees participating […]

By Julio Guzmán Ever Arturo and Luis Fernando are almost identical twins. They were born on Aug. 28, 2021, one minute apart. But they have one unusual and rare trait — while Ever has light skin, Luis has a darker one. Arturo Vázquez and Diana Serrano, a young couple from Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, were looking […]

By Peter Barker Though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk of animals spreading COVID-19 to people is low, nearly 700 zoos across the country have received an experimental vaccine to help protect mammals from the virus. The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana, has begun vaccinating its gorillas and orangutans […]

By Abigail Klein Leichman A minimally invasive cryoablation technology for freezing cancerous and benign tumors, developed at IceCure Medical in Israel, proved safe and effective in a three-year trial in the United States. An article in the Annals of Surgical Oncology reports that at a mean of 34.83 months following treatment with IceCure’s ProSense cryoablation […]

By Naama Barak “COVID nos fastidió”, dice Ruby Edelman. “Y surgió la pregunta de qué podíamos hacer para seguir adelante”. Edelman, bailarín, coreógrafo y director ejecutivo del centro de danza Machol Shalem Dance House en Jerusalén, está acostumbrado a ser anfitrión de una variedad de bailarines, festivales y obras de danza durante todo el año, […]

By Peter Barker A four-foot-tall humanoid robot called Robin cheers up hospitalized children by talking and playing games with them, a study found. Specialists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Mattel Children’s Hospital’s Chase Child Life Program carried out visits to young patients with the robot between October 2020 and April 2021. In […]