For the first time, astronomers have been able to directly follow the motion of an exoplanet as it moves to the other side of its host star. The star, Beta Pictoris, is only 12 million years old (less than three-thousandths the age of our sun) and is 75 percent more massive than our sun. It […]
One month of tough breathing may help asthma sufferers breathe easier in the long run, according to Richard Bond, an associate professor of pharmacology at the University of Houston. Bond is challenging one of the most basic tenets of the Hippocratic Oath – first do no harm – by implementing a long-standing medical taboo to […]
