Biologist George Church maintains a list of potentially beneficial gene variantsDON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images “Why should only the tall…
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There’s more going on when we yawn than we had realisedVIVEK PRAKASH/AFP via Getty Images Yawning isn’t just a deep…
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer was the Book Club’s January readDittmeier The New Scientist Book Club moved on from reading…
In the first decade of the 21st century, most scientists and policy-makers were focused on 2°C as being the highest “safe” threshold for…
It is no secret that money shapes our health. From pharmaceutical ads to research agendas, money has always been part…
Spotting cancer tumours in mammograms seems to be easier with AIAMELIE-BENOIST/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty People who are screened for…
Studying twins is key to understanding the heritability of lifespanHalfpoint/iStockphoto/Getty Images In wealthy, relatively safe countries, how long people live…
Researchers tracked the body condition of polar bears in SvalbardJon Aars, Norsk Polarinstitutt Polar bears have been getting fatter even…
We may never know the universal wave functionVICTOR de SCHWANBERG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images From the vantage point of quantum physics,…
Bacteria in stools could be an unexpected weapon in the fight against cancerLEWIS HOUGHTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY For people not responding…