SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviews All Posts Tagged disease The Black Death changed our DNA and we're still paying for it Eight hundred years later, we're still feeling the ripples of The Plague. By Cassidy Ward | 4 months ago Scientists are trying to transform leprosy into a way to regrow livers Maybe leprosy isn't so bad after all. By Cassidy Ward | 4 months ago As amphibians die out, human disease rises Frogs had our backs, and we didn't appreciate them. By Cassidy Ward | 5 months ago What happened to Viserys' face? 'House of the Dragon' and the science of leprosy There are worse things than dragons in Westeros... and in real life. By Cassidy Ward | 5 months ago 'The Sandman' and the science behind sleeping sickness In Netflix's The Sandman, Dream's imprisonment leaves some people in an endless sleep — not too dissimilar from a real-life disease. By Cassidy Ward | 7 months ago Wearable gas analyzer could detect allergens, chemicals, and disease in the air How fresh is your air, really? We might be about to find out. By Cassidy Ward | 7 months ago DNA from an ancient grave reveals the Black Death’s patient zero Scientists solved a seven century old mystery. By Cassidy Ward | 9 months ago Your nightmares could be a warning of future disease Sometimes nightmares really are your brain trying to tell you something. By Cassidy Ward | 9 months ago Our dogs may be protecting us from disease Here's another reason to hug your dog! By Cassidy Ward | 10 months ago Microbial monsters and chemical cocktails: The science behind 'The Cabin in the Woods' If only they had listened to Mordecai. By Cassidy Ward | 11 months ago Load More
The Black Death changed our DNA and we're still paying for it Eight hundred years later, we're still feeling the ripples of The Plague. By Cassidy Ward | 4 months ago
Scientists are trying to transform leprosy into a way to regrow livers Maybe leprosy isn't so bad after all. By Cassidy Ward | 4 months ago
As amphibians die out, human disease rises Frogs had our backs, and we didn't appreciate them. By Cassidy Ward | 5 months ago
What happened to Viserys' face? 'House of the Dragon' and the science of leprosy There are worse things than dragons in Westeros... and in real life. By Cassidy Ward | 5 months ago
'The Sandman' and the science behind sleeping sickness In Netflix's The Sandman, Dream's imprisonment leaves some people in an endless sleep — not too dissimilar from a real-life disease. By Cassidy Ward | 7 months ago
Wearable gas analyzer could detect allergens, chemicals, and disease in the air How fresh is your air, really? We might be about to find out. By Cassidy Ward | 7 months ago
DNA from an ancient grave reveals the Black Death’s patient zero Scientists solved a seven century old mystery. By Cassidy Ward | 9 months ago
Your nightmares could be a warning of future disease Sometimes nightmares really are your brain trying to tell you something. By Cassidy Ward | 9 months ago
Our dogs may be protecting us from disease Here's another reason to hug your dog! By Cassidy Ward | 10 months ago
Microbial monsters and chemical cocktails: The science behind 'The Cabin in the Woods' If only they had listened to Mordecai. By Cassidy Ward | 11 months ago