health
Stem cell therapy reverses type 1 diabetes in world first
A groundbreaking discovery has recently brought hope to millions of people living with type 1 diabet...
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New virus uncovered in China – is this a sign tick-borne diseases are on the rise?
Ticks are responsible for spreading over 25 human and animal diseases. While you may be familiar wit...
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Wildlife loss is taking ecosystems nearer to collapse – new report
Even for a conservation biologist numbed to bad news about nature, the biennial Living Planet report...
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Too much lactate can harm our health – these microbes in our gut keep it in check
Lactate will be familiar to many due to a common belief that it causes muscle “burn” following exerc...
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Slow-moving sloths will struggle to adapt quickly to climate change – new study
Sloths are more vulnerable to the rising temperatures associated with climate change than other mamm...
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Chagos Islands: how to ensure their coral reefs aren’t damaged as they return to Mauritius
The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius...
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Fix the climate or appease the fossil fuel industry – we can’t do both
Britain ended more than 140 years of coal power when it closed its last generator in September. Coal...
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Ultra-processed foods: we have the technology to turn them from foe into friend
Ultra-processed foods are the latest nutritional villains, associated with several diseases of the m...
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How mainstream climate science endorsed the fantasy of a global warming time machine
When the Paris agreement on climate change was gavelled into being in December 2015, it briefly look...
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Why isometric exercises are so good for you
Exercise is great for improving heart health. But the thought of hitting the gym or going for a jog ...
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Opt-out laws designed to make organ donation easier may have actually made it harder, says research
In 2020, England introduced an opt-out system for organ donation with the aim of making it easier fo...
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Africa’s Great Green Wall will only combat desertification and poverty by harnessing local solutions
In the rural village of Téssékéré, the increasing number and intensity of droughts linked to climate...
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Why it’s so hard to kick fossil fuels out of sport
Governments and public relations firms are under pressure to, in UN secretary-general António Guterr...
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Mounjaro will soon be available as a weight loss treatment on the NHS – here’s what that means for patients
The weight loss jab Mounjaro will soon be made available to nearly a quarter of a million NHS patien...
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Whale sharks on collision course as warming seas may force them into shipping lanes – new study
Global warming has the potential to reshuffle the spaces used by life on Earth, across all ecosystem...
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Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda – what you need to know
Rwanda is in the midst of its first outbreak of Marburg virus – an often fatal disease with symptoms...
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Meet the microbes that transform toxic carbon monoxide into valuable biofuel
Microbes are hungry. All the time. And they live everywhere, in enormous numbers. We might not see t...
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The extraordinary life of Alfred Nobel
The Nobel prizes may be one of the most famous and prestigious awards in the world – but who was the...
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Nobel prize in medicine awarded for discovery of microRNAs, the molecules that control our genes
Two scientists, Victor Ambros (UMASS Chan Medical School in the US) and Gary Ruvkun (Harvard Medical...
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The UK’s £22 billion bet on carbon capture will lock in fossil fuels for decades
The UK government has announced it will invest almost £22 billion in carbon capture and storage (CCS...
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Bird flu patient had no apparent contact with animals – and there’s still no evidence of sustained human-to-human spread
Six healthcare workers in the US who were in close contact with a patient known to have bird flu dev...
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How to reverse Britain’s chronic underinvestment in energy – and who needs to pay
The transition to a greener society will involve huge investments in wind farms, electric cars and t...
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Maasai Mara’s Indigenous forest is disappearing, with drastic consequences
Next to the world-famous Maasai Mara national reserve, an indigenous forest called Nyekweri serves a...
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Why women are still being underdiagnosed with heart disease
Women in the UK continue to be underdiagnosed and under-treated for cardiovascular diseases, a recen...
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Four in five pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient – here’s why that’s worrying
More than 80% of pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient by their third trimester, according to...
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HIV prevention: why a new injectable drug could be such a breakthrough – podcast
A new drug to prevent HIV infection is showing hugely promising results in clinical trials when inje...
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The secret to healthy and sustainable fish fingers – an expert explains
I like to eat quintessential fish fingers as a crusty bread sandwich, with lemon juice, mayonnaise a...
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Methane emissions from dairy farms higher than previously thought – new study
To reach net zero by 2050, the UK must reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and methane ...
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Why climate activists keep targeting art galleries – despite public outcry
Two Just Stop Oil activists were recently jailed for 27 months and 20 months respectively for throwi...
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Data centre emissions are soaring – it’s AI or the climate
Artificial intelligence (AI) is curating your social media feed and giving you directions to the tra...
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