Our society today is obsessed with staying young. From Botox to anti-aging cream to plastic surgery, Americans are willing to try anything to fight the aging process. While most “miracle” procedures only work on a cosmetic level, the new wave of research aims to decelerate the actual biological mechanisms associated with aging.
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Despite impending federal budget cuts and the approaching closure of the world’s current largest particle accelerator, researchers at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) are still hard at work trying to understand the subatomic structure of the universe.
Located in Batavia, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, Fermilab is one of the many national laboratories funded by […]

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For years, research on human sexuality has maintained a spot amongst the most highly-debated topics of scientific inquiry. As an area of scholarly scientific research, sexuality and reproductive behavior continue to be heavily defined by sociocultural norms, with research in humans continuing to leave the public squeamish and research in animals endlessly drawing questions about […]