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Dad brains: Only women undergo bodily changes during and after childbirth? Think again.
... By the time [anthropologist Lee] Gettler looked into this field, it was already an established fact that fathers had ...
Running ‘wild’: Last year, RFK, Jr. was given a green light to ‘reform’ chemical policies. Glyphosate illustrates how Trump now has him on a tight leash, and MAHA is furious
Kennedy and Trump ... forged a unique coalition during the 2024 presidential campaign. As the face of the "Make America ...
How AI is supercharging Russia’s social media disinformation campaigns
"What we're seeing is not just a spike in deepfakes but a shift in how influence is produced," said Chris ...
How fake AI satellite imagery is impacting Iran war coverage
An unprecedented wave of AI-generated misinformation about the US-Israel war with Iran is being monetised by online creators with growing ...
How to “vaccinate” against mis- and disinformation
As part of BBC Media Action’s broader effort to understand what works in tackling information disorder, we’re testing proactive responses to ...
Is the longevity treatment boom over-hyped?
At Biograph, a longevity clinic with locations in New York City and San Francisco, an assessment day can last up to ...
BBC reporter’s guide on how to hack AI to spread disinformation
A growing number of people have figured out a trick to make AI tools tell you almost whatever they want ...
Bayer agrees to pay $7.2 billion to settle thousands of Roundup suits, bringing total payout to more than $18 billion
Bayer, the German bio-tech giant, has proposed paying $7.25bn ... to definitively resolve a legal battle in the US over ...
‘Addiction machines’: Social media companies on trial, blamed for epidemic of suicides
The world's largest social media companies have been accused of creating "addiction machines" as a landmark trial began in California ...
Beyond pleasure: What dopamine really does in the brain
The cerebral cortex is our brain's universal machine of understanding. It builds a model of reality for us and then ...
Kiss and tell: The 21 million-year-old history of smooching
Humans do it, monkeys do it, even polar bears do it. And now researchers have reconstructed the evolutionary origins of ...
How eating garlic makes your armpit sweat more attractive and other mysteries of the genetics of smell
"The past few decades have revealed that odour is shaped by our genes, hormones, health, and hygiene," says Craig Roberts, ...
Miracle mineral? Magnesium is the hottest-selling supplement. Does it work? Can it be dangerous?
In the fast-moving world of supplements, it's magnesium's time to shine. And the industry is booming. The global magnesium market ...
The fake Tylenol-causes-autism scare has revived an ancient debate: When should you treat a fever?
An evolutionary feature more than 600 million years old, fevers are a common accompanyment of a wide range of infections by ...
The world’s agricultural farmland is shrinking but production is up. Can this trend continue?
Throughout the 20th Century, humanity demanded more and more land leading to the loss of vast areas of natural forest ...
Organic labeled food does not mean it’s healthier. It only designates how it was grown
When you see the word organic on a label, it's easy to assume it means healthier, safer or more sustainable, ...
As few as 1% of the world’s population are eating healthy, sustainably-grown food
A major report on the global food system has found that less than 1 per cent of the world is ...
Strength, power, and high-intensity training: How much do creatine supplements help
It's arguably one of the world's most researched supplements. Thousands of studies have been carried out over the past few ...
‘We showed her every single horror movie we could find’ but nothing scared her. Why?
One famous Urbach-Wieth patient, known as SM, has been the subject of scientific studies at the University of Iowa in ...
The first human trial of nutrient-rich gene-edited tomatoes is underway in England
The Quadram Institute in Norwich is recruiting 76 people with low vitamin D to take part in the ViTaL-D Study, ...
Certain foods naturally contain chemicals that help us sleep better. Here are some of them
Research shows that the most beneficial diet for sleep seems to be a plant-based diet that includes lots of wholegrains, dairy ...
Honeybee supplements could protect an essential insect as climate stresses soar
Scientists have developed a honeybee "superfood" that could protect the animals against the threats of climate change and habitat loss ...
No flora or flamingos: How the green business movement is destroying the environment while claiming to save it
As the world transitions to more renewable energy sources, the demand for it has soared. In 2021, about 95,000 tonnes ...
Viewpoint: Is it possible to reconcile RFK, Jr.’s wacky health conspiracy theories with his genuine commitment to improve public health?
The most powerful public health official in the US has made it his mission to tackle what he describes as ...
Unraveling the genetic mystery of autism
Until the 1970s, the prevailing belief in psychiatry was that autism was a consequence of bad parenting. In the 1940s, ...
Neanderthals and humans first mated 50,000 years ago and their DNA may have given us an evolutionary advantage
Far from triumphantly breezing out of Africa, modern humans went extinct many times before going on to populate the world, ...
Lazarus plants: ‘Zombie’ plants that spring back to life hold keys to developing technologies to adapt agriculture to climate change.
To protect crops from rising droughts, scientists are looking to the genes of a small group of plants that can ...
Ageing and diet: In a study one food plan actually appears to provide some unique benefits
A new 30-year study of eight popular diets has identified the one most likely to keep you healthiest into your ...
