Scientists may have found a way to prevent statin muscle pain
Scientists identified an immune response that may explain why statins cause muscle pain and weakness in some patients. This discovery could lead to treatments that protect muscles while preserving statins' cardiovascular benefits.
Read full story →AI opens new era in cognitive studies of wild primates
Scientists developed CapuchinAI, an AI system using facial recognition and real-time touchscreen testing to automate cognitive studies of wild capuchin monkeys. The proof-of-concept method was published in the American Journal of Primatology by researchers from Emory University and Georgia Tech.
Four ways wildfires generate tornadoes, lightning and other extreme weather, sometimes miles from the flames
Wildfires create thick smoke that spreads across North America and Europe, generating tornadoes, lightning, and other extreme weather sometimes miles from the flames. The mechanisms behind these phenomena remain less widely recognized than the health impacts of breathing particle-filled air from massive fires.
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds a mysterious honeycomb landscape on Mars
Curiosity rover discovered a landscape on Mars covered in tiny polygon-shaped fractures forming honeycomb patterns, each measuring only a few inches wide. The patterns extend across the valley and surround a nearby 20-foot-tall butte.