Discovery

When virologist Beata Halassy faced a third recurrence of breast cancer, she made a decision that defied standard medical protocols and terrified her colleagues. Unwilling to endure another round of chemotherapy, she turned to her own laboratory for a solution. Halassy cultivated specific viruses and injected them directly into her own tumor, becoming both the …

The future of space exploration just took an extraordinary turn. While engineers have spent decades perfecting rocket propulsion and life support systems, one fundamental challenge has remained stubbornly unsolved: how to feed astronauts on multi-year missions to Mars without bankrupting space agencies or sacrificing precious cargo space. Enter a breakthrough so ingenious it transforms space …