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Women in the US outlive men by 6 years – the large...
Men are living shorter lives than women in the US, a widening gap largely driven by deaths due to co...
Just leaving trees to grow could store a third of ...
Simply allowing existing trees to grow to maturity could theoretically suck billions of tonnes of ca...
Fresh ideas about the causes of acne are bringing ...
We are finally working out what happens to the skin and gut microbiome when someone gets acne, givin...
Read an extract from Julia by Sandra Newman
This chilling extract is from Sandra Newman's retelling of George Orwell's dystopian classic, 1984, ...
Self-driving car-makers could face prison for misl...
The UK's Automated Vehicles Bill would make it a criminal offence for car-makers to use certain mark...
Metal pollution may be skewing the sex ratio of se...
Some sea turtle populations have become skewed towards females because of climate change, and now it...
Weight loss-drug Wegovy can avert heart attacks - ...
The latest set of heart disease results seen with using Wegovy to treat obesity could help swing med...
Spray-on sensors can turn any clothing into motion...
Spraying a stretchy and conductive polymer onto any store-bought garment turns it into a sensor for ...
Cannabis use is on the rise in the US – except amo...
Cannabis is more popular in North America than anywhere else and its use continues to grow – but, so...
Ancient Europe was half covered by savannah and gr...
It is widely assumed that Europe used to be covered by dense, unbroken forests, but ancient pollen s...
Underwater walkie-talkies could work long-distance...
Divers often struggle to communicate because radio waves can’t travel far through water, but a way t...
Our Tribal Future review: Is there a “vaccine” for...
Favouring insiders over outsiders now fuels conflict, argues David R. Samson in his new book. His cu...
Plants thrive in lunar soil with help from phospho...
The moon lacks the nutrients that plants need to grow, but adding three types of bacteria to a simul...
First practical use for nuclear fusion could help ...
Fusion reactors could be used to produce radioactive isotopes for hospitals way before they become u...
Endangered echidna not seen in 60 years caught on ...
An echidna named after David Attenborough that hadn't been seen by scientists in more than 60 years ...
Painful fibromyalgia may be caused by the wrong ki...
Altering the gut bacteria of both mice and people either induced or relieved the chronic pain condit...
Stunning photo of rare Malayan tiger snapped by ca...
With fewer than 150 left in the wild, the Malayan tiger is rarely seen – but images from camera trap...
Overly smooth eyebrows could give away fake passpo...
A composite image made from two faces can fool humans and AI, but unusually smooth eyebrows, which a...
