Tunguska Revisited: A Smaller Asteroid Did It?

Tunguska Revisited: A Smaller Asteroid Did It?

On June 30, 1908 a stunning explosion rocked the forest near the Tunguska river in Siberia. Estimates were that an asteroid exploded in the air a few kilometers above the earth's surface with a…
Mutated Akt1 Gene Implicated In Atherosclerosis

Mutated Akt1 Gene Implicated In Atherosclerosis

A genetic mutation expands lesions in the aorta and promotes coronary atherosclerosis, more commonly known as hardening of the arteries, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine in Cell…