Vaccine uptake is critical for public healthRobin Utrecht/Shutterstock When I read the 1998 study falsely claiming there was a link…
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Vast areas of the Amazon rainforest have been burned for cattle ranchingMICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images Deforestation has reduced rainfall…
Christopher Michel/Contour RA by Getty Images Civilisations name their ages after materials. In school, we learn about the Stone Age,…
The brain responds after a heart attackScience Photo Library / Alamy Following a heart attack, the brain picks up and…
You have probably heard the parable of the blind men and the elephant. One feels the trunk and says it’s…
We can usually agree what objects look like, but why?Martin Bond / Alamy Our world seems to be fundamentally fuzzy…
What separates a good idea from a bad one? It isn’t always easy to tell. Take the invention of vaccination,…
Regular sauna sessions can have physical benefits, but what does heat therapy to your brain?gpointstudio/Getty Images I’m already a devoted…
Ryan Wills for New Scientist/Adobe Stock Rushing to get to work in the morning, we grab our coat, bag and…
Artist’s reconstruction of a Palaeolithic woman making a digging stick from an alder tree trunkG. Prieto; K. Harvati The oldest…