Researchers say limited eating approaches such as 5:2 diet not a ‘miracle solution’ amid surge in their popularity Intermittent fasting is no better for shedding the pounds than conventional diets and ...

Can animals play pretend? It took a tea party with a bonobo to find out. In a set of experiments, a team of researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi invisible juice and grapes, presenting the tests as ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.71. For researchers studying aging — and thinking about how to extend our ...

Looking to elevate your life for the upcoming year (or any time you're feeling down)? You've probably heard people talking about manifestation, and despite the fact that this practice is grounded in ...

Earthquakes, volcanic eruption, eclipses, meteor showers, and many other natural phenomena have always been part of life on Earth. In ancient cultures that predated science, such events were often ...

Free Expression: Pete Hegseth might have gone too far in applying the lesson of ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai.’ Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press One scandal of our age is the attempt to ...

Back in 2023, Chinese tech brand Beaverlab raised more than HK$2.8m (US$360,000) to bring the world’s first portable digital microscope to the market, and it proved an instant hit. The updated Darwin ...

A recent study from Harvard Medical School asks whether the element lithium might be a key factor in whether someone develops Alzheimer's disease. Led by Dr. Bruce Yankner, professor of genetics and ...

When a bone grows, our bodies’ proteins help provide the structure. When a muscle tears, proteins help rebuild it. When we fight an infection, transport oxygen in our blood or send messages to a cell, ...

Last week, OpenAI launched “study mode” in its chatbot, aimed directly at the student market. It’s meant to behave more like a tutor than a machine that spits out answers; it uses the Socratic method, ...

A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half. By Carl Zimmer For years, whistle-blowers have warned that ...

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