Stony Brook University’s Boros Lab has begun a new stage in their research of radioactive scandium isotopes in medical chemistry with the goal of creating a new treatment for prostate cancer.

If you have seen an excess number of scruffy men this month, it turns out it is not because they are lazy, or suddenly turning hipster. The laziness factor may be a slight part of it, but the real reason behind the hairiness is much more honorable than that. The actual reason is to raise awareness for men’s health and prostate cancer.