Biotech & Genetics

Ancient Women’s Teeth Reveal Origins of 14-Century Black Death — Scientific American

You Should See Her in a Crown. Now You Can See Her Face. — New York Times

Drug-Drug Interactions Could Imperil Covid-19 Treatment — Undark

‘The Other Option Is Death’: New York Starts Sharing of Ventilators — New York Times

Sharing Ventilators: Will Hacks Really Work? — American Society of Mechanical Engineers

New Device Helps Human Livers Regenerate — American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Here’s What Happens When Your Tissues Turn to Bone — National Geographic

Diabetes Insulin Injection Capsule Called Extraordinary — Alliance of Advanced Biomedical Engineering

Should You Eat Like a Caveman? — Time

This Soft Artificial Heart May One Day Shorten the Heart Transplant List — Mental Floss

How a Robotic Exoskeleton Is Helping a Paralyzed Acrobat Walk Again — Mental Floss

Predictive Algorithms Offer New Hope to Diabetics — American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Why the World’s Most Popular Wine Grapes Are Vulnerable to a Pandemic — Mental Floss

Scientists Genetically Engineer Autistic Monkeys — Mental Floss

The ‘Alien’ Mummy Is Of Course Human—And Yet, Unusual — Mental Floss

Kennewick Man’s DNA Solves Scientific Controversy — Mental Floss

Scientists Discover a Rare Genome in an Incan Child Mummy — Mental Floss