Science & Technology
Store-bought milkweed plants can expose monarch caterpillars to harmful pesticides
Milkweed plants purchased at retail nurseries across the United States were contaminated with pesticides harmful to monarch caterpillars that rely on milkweed, a study found. Every plant sampled was contaminated, even those that were labeled friendly t…
COVID was deadlier for those with intellectual and development disabilities
A new study has found that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. People with IDD were dying at a higher rate and at an earlier age due to COVID as compared to those without IDD.
Drug turns cancer gene into ‘eat me’ flag for immune system
Tumor cells are notoriously good at evading the human immune system; they put up physical walls, wear disguises and handcuff the immune system with molecular tricks. Now researchers have developed a drug that overcomes some of these barriers, marking c…