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The covid-19 pandemic opened the door to once-controversial human challenge trials. Now, volunteers are willingly catchi...
05/12/2025

The covid-19 pandemic opened the door to once-controversial human challenge trials. Now, volunteers are willingly catching norovirus and influenza to reveal how our immune systems really fight back

The laws of thermodynamics don't accurately account for the complex processes in living cells – do we need a new one to ...
05/12/2025

The laws of thermodynamics don't accurately account for the complex processes in living cells – do we need a new one to accurately measure the ways living systems are out of equilibrium?

Astronomers have discovered that 3I/ATLAS is carrying methanol and other chemicals that were probably important in the o...
05/12/2025

Astronomers have discovered that 3I/ATLAS is carrying methanol and other chemicals that were probably important in the origin of life

Climate data and historical accounts suggest that crop failures in the 1340s prompted Italian officials to import grain ...
05/12/2025

Climate data and historical accounts suggest that crop failures in the 1340s prompted Italian officials to import grain from eastern Europe, and this may have carried in the plague bacterium

We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-...
05/12/2025

We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life, and researchers have just found the missing ingredient: sugar

The Black Death, a bubonic plague outbreak that killed up to 60 per cent of the population of medieval Europe, may have ...
05/12/2025

The Black Death, a bubonic plague outbreak that killed up to 60 per cent of the population of medieval Europe, may have been set in train by volcanic activity around 1345.

From Mickey 17 and M3gan 2.0 to a musical about the end of the world, this was an eclectic year for science-fiction film...
05/12/2025

From Mickey 17 and M3gan 2.0 to a musical about the end of the world, this was an eclectic year for science-fiction films. Film columnist Simon Ings shares his two breakout hits

There is relatively little information on the long-term health effects of tattooing, but a couple of recent studies sugg...
05/12/2025

There is relatively little information on the long-term health effects of tattooing, but a couple of recent studies suggest the art form might trigger prolonged inflammation

05/12/2025

Exercise shrinks tumours in mice by 60 per cent.

We only just discovered the link between exercise and the gut microbiome that reduces cancer risk.

And now scientists at Yale reveal yet another connection - showing muscle cells may outcompete cancer cells for energy - basically starving them.

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Russia's only launch site capable of sending humans to orbit has suffered serious damage that may take two years to fix....
05/12/2025

Russia's only launch site capable of sending humans to orbit has suffered serious damage that may take two years to fix. Will NASA keep supporting the ISS without Russian involvement, or is this the end for the space station?

There is a widespread belief that altruism and equality drive social behaviour in traditional hunter-gatherer societies,...
05/12/2025

There is a widespread belief that altruism and equality drive social behaviour in traditional hunter-gatherer societies, but the truth is more surprising and complex

Pet owners' increasing tendency to see their animals as children rather than dogs or cats can have dire consequences. Ow...
05/12/2025

Pet owners' increasing tendency to see their animals as children rather than dogs or cats can have dire consequences. Owners, and veterinarians, should be wary, warns Eddie Clutton

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