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Evidence mounts that shingles vaccines protect aga...
Being immunised against shingles has been linked to a reduced dementia risk before and now a study s...
DeepMind AI gets silver medal at International Mat...
AlphaProof, an AI from Google DeepMind, came close to matching the top participants in a prestigious...
Space travel may make muscles age extremely quickl...
Muscle cells that spent a week on the International Space Station revealed changes in gene expressio...
One of Earth's major carbon sinks collapsed in 202...
Forests and other land ecosystems emitted almost as much carbon dioxide as they absorbed in 2023 – i...
Why many studies wrongly claim it’s healthy to dri...
It is becoming clear that any amount of alcohol is harmful, so why do so many studies claim that mod...
Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1...
Elephant-like species started going extinct faster when early humans evolved, and the rate of extinc...
Lunar samples reveal exactly when the moon’s large...
By analysing lunar samples from NASA's Apollo missions, researchers calculated exactly when – and wh...
We're ignoring easy ways to encourage children to ...
Events like the Olympics and Paralympics can be inspiring. But to get more kids moving, we need to a...
How much exercise do children really need – and wh...
Better fitness in children is linked to better cognition and health in later life, but the majority ...
Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster t...
The 166-million-year-old fossils of an adult and a juvenile of the same extinct mammal species revea...
Trees have an extra climate benefit thanks to meth...
Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is converted to CO2 by microbes in tree bark, meaning trees are ev...
How fast do we get out of shape and is there a way...
When we take a break from exercise, it can feel feel like we quickly go back to square one. But this...
We may finally know how the placebo effect relieve...
A brain circuit discovered in mice could explain why placebo treatments ease pain in people
How to use psychology to hack your mind and fall i...
If the idea of exercise is more attractive than the reality, you aren't alone. But there are ways to...
Moon bases will need to be 3 metres underground to...
To keep long-term moon residents safe from harmful radiation, lunar bases will need to be built seve...
AI can predict tipping points for systems from for...
Combining two neural networks has helped researchers predict potentially disastrous collapses in com...
Komodo dragons have teeth capped with a layer of i...
An orange layer on the tips of Komodo dragons’ teeth may give the enamel extra strength for ripping ...
Collision between boat and basking shark captured ...
Researchers are calling for greater protection for basking sharks after a camera on a tagged shark r...
