Age-blocking injection rebuilds knee cartilage.

Sci Tech Daily investigates a new treatment for arthritis that can not just stop joint damage but actually reverse it by blocking chemicals associated with aging … even in young patients… Read the rest “Age-blocking injection rebuilds knee cartilage.”

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Long life really can come down to good ancestors.

Well, good at living a long time, at least. Nature reports on a study that finds about 55 percent of the factors that grant a long life come from your inherited DNA:

The findings should aid in

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Fossil reveals new *kingdom* of life.

Science Adviser reports on the discovery (or rediscovery) of a fossil that is not just a new species, not just a new class, order, nor phylum of life. It’s so different from animals,… Read the rest “Fossil reveals new *kingdom* of life.”

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Science Art: Don’t wait – 70% are doomed, c. 1936

This is a poster from the WPA urging people to save their own lives … by getting tested for a sexually transmitted disease. The geometry of the diagram in the center — the circle… Read the rest “Science Art: Don’t wait – 70% are doomed, c. 1936”

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