Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter – but now we’re learning more
Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because…
Colorectal cancer is increasing among young people, James Van Der Beek’s death reminds – cancer experts explain ways to decrease your risk
An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including…
Steady rise: female scientists & engineers reach 7.9 mln – News articles
The number of women working as scientists and engineers in the EU has been on…
Non-consensual AI porn doesn’t violate privacy – but it’s still wrong
It rarely takes long before new media technologies are turned to the task of creating…
Burned out by smartphones, young people are choosing flip phones, cameras and MP3 players instead
Alarm clocks, maps, books, flashlights, watches, radios, MP3 players, Palm Pilots, remote controls, cameras, handheld…
Living in space can change where your brain sits in your skull – new research
Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from…
meet the researchers who’ve interviewed 130 Bigfoot hunters
It was the image that launched a cultural icon. In 1967, in the northern Californian…
Deep-sea fish larvae rewrite the rules of how eyes can be built
The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a…
RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease
Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain…
Mapping cemeteries for class – how students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones
If you told me a decade ago that I’d become an expert in mapping cemeteries,…