Transformation Before Innovation: Getting the Foundations Right Is Harder, More Important Work

• by Boon-How Chew

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Medical Oddities: Sheep wool gets into bone repair

From sheep wool to space guts, cannabis beats to tea: science took a wonderfully weird turn. 

• by Teraya Smith

• August 20, 2026

• 5 min

Valve-like tissues may mimic inflammatory disease

Stem cell–derived tissues showed enhanced maturation and developed calcification-associated changes consistent with diseased human valve samples.

• by Andrea Surnit

• August 19, 2026

• 4 min

Are law enforcement death rates rising?

Death-certificate data showed increases among adults and children over 2 decades, with Black males consistently recording the highest rates.

• by Andrea Surnit

• August 19, 2026

• 4 min