Diranersen Slows One Alzheimer's Score but Misses Its Dose Goal
A single subset's 26% slowing is fueling cure talk online, but the trial missed its dose-response goal and Biogen still needs a larger study before any patient can get this shot.
Kenji Nakamura
Bureau: Tokyo
Torpor Research Lowers Metabolism but Cannot Hibernate Astronauts
A sedative cut human metabolism 20 percent, but no one can safely rewarm a hibernating person, so the Mars-sleep future space feeds celebrate stays separated from the lab by unsolved problems.
Gus the T. Rex Sells for 50 Million Before Its Access Is Known
Gus the T. rex set a $50.1M fossil record, but whether the skeleton counts as science depends on custody terms nobody has disclosed — not the price everyone is cheering.
El Nino Pushes Juvenile White Sharks North Off California
Warm El Nino water is crowding juvenile great whites onto California beaches early, but the real hazard is a hooked shark on a fishing line, not a rising odds of being bitten.
Pinching a Node Refills One Trailing Plant
A Guardian columnist saw one tradescantia refill in three weeks after pinching, but the method she bounds by node, species and season is what viral plant hacks strip away.