The best stories in science this week
A first of its kind inhalable gene therapy for lung cancer that patients breathe in has been found to shrink lung tumours by inserting immune-boosting genes into surrounding cells.
Exercise isn’t much help if you are trying to lose weight, when we exercise more, our bodies may compensate by using less energy for other things – especially if we eat less too.
And finally, Einstein was right. Ripples in space-time from a pair of merging black holes have been recorded in unprecedented detail, enabling physicists to test his predictions of general relativity.
Find out more about these stories on our website:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515185-first-ever-inhalable-gene-therapy-for-cancer-gets-fast-tracked-by-fda/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514600-why-exercise-isnt-much-help-if-you-are-trying-to-lose-weight/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514908-gravitational-wave-signal-proves-einstein-was-right-about-relativity/
