Representative Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts, revealed in a video released on Thursday that she has a condition called alopecia and is now bald. “This is about acceptance,” Ms. Pressley said of her decision to publicly discuss her baldness. “I hope this starts a conversation about the personal struggles we navigate, and I hope that… Read More »
Do you want to live forever? Well, maybe not forever, but for a long, long, long time? An international group of scientists from several universities has announced an exciting breakthrough in boosting lifespan. In fact, their work has resulted in an organism living five times longer than it normally would have. This is obviously incredibly… Read More »
Genetics ‘Living medicine’ helps make toxic ammonia breakthrough Using genetically modified bugs to prolong life was ‘fanciful’ until recently, says scientist A “living medicine” made from genetically modified bugs has prolonged the lives of animals with severe metabolic disease in a landmark test of the treatment. Researchers created the medicine by making a common strain… Read More »
Being a pageant queen is probably easy, right? Just get a spray tan and smile a lot? That’s what I thought, but after one week of trying it out myself, I learned it’s actually hard as hell. After binging Facebook Watch’s new original series Queen America, starring none other than queen herself Catherine Zeta-Jones, I… Read More »
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a method of calculating the ratio of body fat to the height of the body. Invented by Lambert Jacques Quarelet in the nineteenth century, the BMI has been accepted globally as a reliable method of calculating the fat content of the body and detecting the potential health risks. BMI is… Read More »