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‘Not designer babies’: IVF-based mitochondrial replacement therapy on cusp of Australia legalization despite Catholic opposition
In Australia, about one child a week is born with a severe form of mitochondrial disease. Most young children diagnosed ...
Massive ‘dragon man’ skull found in Chinese well reveals possible new hominid family tree branch more closely related to modern humans than Neanderthals
The discovery of a huge fossilized skull that was wrapped up and hidden in a Chinese well nearly 90 years ...
How California is teaming up with conservation groups to rescue the western monarch butterfly from extinction
Monarch butterflies, known for their distinctive orange and black pattern, once flocked to California in the millions, spending the winter ...
Brain scans show how LSD works to unlock the brain and treat depression
By comparing scans of the brain on LSD versus placebo… researchers found that the drug reduced the amount of energy ...
‘Humans developed complex belief systems around death’: 78,000-year old gravesite marks oldest human burial in Africa
Archaeologists have identified the oldest known human burial in Africa during field work that uncovered the remains of a child ...
Microplastics are overwhelming the environment. Here’s how we could mobilize bacteria to clean up our pollution mess
Microplastics are not easily biodegradable, so they stick around for long periods of time and they also absorb and accumulate ...
Viewpoint: What’s causing an explosion in incidents of Parkinson’s disease? Do household products play a role?
[Ray] Dorsey, a neurologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center and author of Ending Parkinson’s Disease, believes a Parkinson’s ...
Malaria vaccine? Burkina Faso trial shows Oxford shot is up to 77% effective
The hunt for a malaria vaccine has been going on the best part of a century. One, the Mosquirix vaccine ...
World’s most expensive drug: £1.79 million one-off Zolgensma treatment approved by British National Health Service to treat spinal muscular dystrophy in children
Zolgensma, which costs £1.79m per dose, halts the progression of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which involves loss of movement, muscle ...
‘Peak meat’ 2025? As plant-based proteins grow more popular, beef consumption will drop, study predicts
An increasing number of people are eating meat and dairy alternatives as concern grows over health, the environmental impact of ...
Twin peak: Global twin rates at historic highs, and here’s why
Researchers analysed records from more than 100 countries and found a substantial rise in twin birthrates since the 1980s, with ...
What does it mean to have a ‘near death’ experience?
Given that near-death experiences happen with limited warning, they are almost impossible to test. “We’re dealing with a very short ...
Kathleen Folbigg: Convicted serial baby killer could be exonerated as rare genetic mutations may explain her children’s deaths
Kathleen Folbigg is in jail for killing her children as infants between 1990 and 1999. [Recently] her supporters released a ...
‘Quest for deliciousness’: How hunger for tasty food drove human evolution
Human evolution and exploration of the world were shaped by a hunger for tasty food – “a quest for deliciousness” ...
A complicated legacy: Reassessing Darwin‘s views on race and gender 150 years after the ‘The Descent of Man’
Darwin was a liberal, and an abolitionist, perhaps influenced by his taxidermy tutor in Edinburgh, a Guyanese man called John ...
Viewpoint: Tanzania’s anti-vaxxer president is slowing COVID response and endangering lives
In politics, there are generally two ways of making decisions. The first is evidence-based, weighing the pros and cons and ...
PFAS chemicals found in many consumer products could reduce effectiveness of vaccines and other COVID treatments
Small amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (or PFAS) chemicals are commonly found in the bodies of people in the US, ...
Viewpoint: Happiness isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Over the past 10 years, numerous studies have shown that our obsession with happiness and high personal confidence may be ...
Cave bears: Neanderthals may have survived harsh winters by hibernating
Evidence from bones found at one of the world’s most important fossil sites suggests that our hominid predecessors may have ...
Global health groups urge countries to donate COVID vaccines to humanitarian stockpiles, protecting stateless people in asylum camps
Public health groups are lobbying countries to commit a portion of their Covid-19 vaccine supplies to a “humanitarian buffer” that ...
Impossible Foods is on a mission: ‘Eradicate the meat and fish industries by 2035’
Patrick Brown is on a mission: to eradicate the meat and fish industries by 2035. The CEO of Impossible Foods, a ...
Vaccine diplomacy: China hopes its vaccine development and outreach to the developing world will refurbish its image
Brazil is among the countries worst hit by the pandemic, with over six million cases and nearly 170,000 deaths. China ...
Vaccines for COVID have been developed in record time. Here’s the story behind the miracle
[P]acked in dry ice were swabs from a patient who was suffering from a novel, occasionally fatal respiratory illness that ...
COVID vaccine made from GMO tobacco? It’s now in human trials
While large pharmaceutical companies are already producing vaccines, [the company British American Tobacco] believes its own can be produced in ...
Glyphosate: Deadly ‘poison,’ or biodiversity protection tool? Environmentalists split over controversial weedkiller
.... [A]way from lawsuits and petitions, there are concerns among some opponents of Australia’s invasive weeds that glyphosate – a ...
HIV infections among gay and bisexual men hit 20 year low
A PHE report reveals that overall, across all genders and sexualities, the number of people with a new HIV diagnosis dropped ...
Can dementia be cured?
Dementia is not just one disease – it has more than 200 different subtypes. Over the past decade neurologists have ...
Interactive: How Pomeranians, Poodles, Great Danes and 158 other dog breeds are genetically related to each other
In the mid-18th century there was a period of intense innovation and codification in dog breeding, giving rise not only ...
