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20/10/2025

As ancient humans left Africa, they encountered many harsh environments including the Sahara and the high Arctic, but one of the last places they inhabited was Britain, likely due to the relentless cold and damp climate.

As ancient humans left Africa, they encountered many harsh environments including the Sahara and the high Arctic, but one of the last places they inhabited was Britain...

19/10/2025

A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius. Nearly 2000 years later, we can at last read these lost treasures

19/10/2025

Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels jumped by a record amount in 2024 to push concentrations to their highest point since measurements began.

The global average concentration of CO2 surged by 3.5 parts per million to reach 423.9 ppm last year, fuelling worries that the planet’s ability to soak up excess carb...

19/10/2025

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19/10/2025

Scientists have identified five sleep profiles, each of which is linked to distinct mental health symptoms and brain activity patterns

19/10/2025

Immunologist Daniel Davis wants to eradicate long-held myths and replace them with wonder at the complexity of the body’s defence system

19/10/2025

A hair-growth serum based on plant extracts has noticeable results in less than two months.

Applying a daily serum that contains extracts of a tropical plant improved hair density and strand thickness in just 56 days

19/10/2025

An analysis of patient records suggests that mRNA covid-19 vaccines boost the immune response to cancerous tumours when given soon after people start a type of immunotherapy, extending their lives

19/10/2025

Older fathers are more likely to pass on disease-causing mutations to their children, due to s***m becoming increasingly selfish with age.

Older men are more likely to pass on disease-causing mutations to their children because of the faster growth of mutant cells in the te**es with age

19/10/2025

Scientists are designing mRNA vaccines to produce virus-like nanoparticles, which should lead to a more robust immune response with even fewer side effects than either of these immunisation approaches on their own

19/10/2025

Can you escape your genetic inheritance, and do lifestyle changes actually make a difference? Daniel Cossins set out to understand what the evidence on Alzheimer’s really means for him.

Can you escape your genetic inheritance, and do lifestyle changes actually make a difference? Daniel Cossins set out to understand what the evidence on Alzheimer’s rea...

19/10/2025

A timeline of genetic changes in millions of years of human evolution suggests advances in cognitive abilities may have led to our vulnerability to mental illness.

By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances in cognitive abilities may have led to our vulnerability to mental ...