Backman is the Sachs Family Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, where he directs the Center ... new genes, but by creating new ways of ...

The "Aisle of Shame" is the fan-given nickname for the middle section of Aldi where rotating, limited-time products are sold. Officially called "Aldi Finds," this aisle features a wide variety of ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet from one of the most controversial figures in the scientific world. Charles Murray, the political scientist who—along with the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein—wrote ...

Scientists at City of Hope have uncovered a gene called SMOC1 that plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) by converting pancreatic cells that normally produce insulin into ...

In Week 3, the NFL had five blocked kicks in one day for the first time since 2006. Last season, the league had 18 blocked field goals for the entire year. Is there a reason that special teams has ...

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has launched the ASHP Center for Next Generation Therapeutics, aimed at supporting hospitals and health systems to navigate cell and gene therapy ...

Around 60 people packed the Homer-Center Elementary School gymnasium for the district’s regularly scheduled school board meeting Thursday. Normally a sparsely attended affair, this month’s meeting ...

In my latest Ending Explained video I will be breaking down the ending of Netflix' Godzilla: The Planet Eater. There will be heavy spoilers here so if you don't want to know anything about the movie's ...

A new report is shedding light on a possible reason President Donald Trump tapped singer Gloria Gaynor as a Kennedy Center Honors recipient. The singer, whose 1978 hit “I Will Survive” has been ...

Near the end of the classic 1942 movie Casablanca when Major Strasser is shot, Captain Renault famously pretends not to know who fired the gun and orders his officers to “round up the usual suspects.” ...