The Eye of Sauron?

The Eye of Sauron?

For those who think that the beloved Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy by JRR Tolkien is a work of pure fiction, think again. Below is an image not from one of the Peter Jackson-directed LOTR movies, but from a supermassive black hole at the heart of a spiral galaxy...
We Spy with Our Imaging Eye

We Spy with Our Imaging Eye

Show of hands, who remembers the children’s game, I Spy? (Time for an obligatory ‘80s reference: Anyone…? Anyone…? Bueller…? Bueller…?) For those that don’t remember, Wikipedia states, “I spy is a guessing game where one player chooses an object within sight and...
Sun’s Out Guns Out

Sun’s Out Guns Out

Summer is officially here, and so is the gun show. Not talking about Sean Astin, who plays Drew Barrymore’s steroid abuser brother from 50 First Dates – “it’s not juice it’s a protein shake” (lol) – and his ilk, but rather multitargeted molecular shotguns...
Cold As Ice

Cold As Ice

A fantastic, and seriously catchy song from ‘80s British-American rock supergroup Foreigner is, “Cold As Ice”. If we had to choose one reason why many tumors are so hard to treat with checkpoint inhibitors (CIs) like Opdivo and Keytruda, it would be...
EpicentRx Word of the Week (WOW): Hebdomadal

EpicentRx Word of the Week (WOW): Hebdomadal

“Hebdomadal is a literal word of the week.”           Hebdomadal Definition (adjective): 1) happening once a week the meeting occurred hebdomadally; “A little solace came at tea-time, in the shape of a double ration of bread – a whole,...