Bioscience Bulletin

Last week’s top hits stretch from sea to space, and the humans in between.

1. Astronomers Find First Evidence of Changing Conditions on a Super Earth - the number one story on Bioscience Technology this week came from Cambridge University, where researchers detected a change in atmosphere on super-Earth 55 Cancri e and reported a nearly threefold change in temperature over two years.
   
2. Potentially Reversible Driver of Aging Found – An article by Cynthia Fox covered a recent discovery by Salk Institute researchers, who used stem cells and gene editing to unearth a major driver of aging.
   
3. New Sea Star Babies Offer Hope Amid Mass Deaths in Pacific - Tiny sea stars shone this week, with juveniles popping up in places where their mature counterparts had been devastated by sea star wasting disease – giving new hope for the species.
   
4. Research Finds “Fuzzy Thinking” Effect in Depression, Bipolar Disorder is Real – Researchers at the University of Michigan studied 612 women and found the “fuzzy thinking” effect is rooted in brain activity differences that show up on advanced brain scans.
   
5. Growing New Bones without a Human Body – Ryan Bushey completes this week's top five round-up with his spotlight on Harlem biotech startup, EpiBone.