SCIENCE

Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful

An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in actionALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that spreads to bones can be deadly, and it…

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Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis

Treponema pallidum bacteria cause diseases including syphilisScience Photo Library / Alamy Traces of a bacterium related to syphilis have been…

6 months ago

Why a tool-using cow could change how we see farm animals

Veronika the cow is the first recorded non-primate mammal to demonstrate flexible, multi-purpose tool useAntonio J. Osuna Mascaró A few…

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Meat may play an unexpected role in helping people reach 100

You might not have to ring in your 100th birthday with a dairy-free, egg-free cakeXinhua/Shutterstock Longevity pioneers like Bryan Johnson…

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The hunt for where the last Neanderthals lived

Neanderthals often found refuge in cavesGREGOIRE CIRADE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about…

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Sinking trees in Arctic Ocean could remove 1 billion tonnes of CO2

Trees floating towards the Arctic OceanCarl Christoph Stadie/The Alfred Wegener Institute Cutting down swathes of boreal forest and sinking the…

7 months ago

Exercise may relieve depression as effectively as antidepressants

Exercise can form part of an effective treatment for depressionNeil Lang/Shutterstock Many of us experience a mood-boost after exercise, and…

7 months ago

Fossil analysis adds to debate over how earliest known hominin walked

Sahelanthropus fossils (centre) compared with a chimpanzee (left) and a human (right)Wiliams et al., Sci. Adv. 12, eadv0130 A long-running…

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Physicists are uncovering when nature’s strongest force falters

The STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion ColliderBROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY We are getting closer to understanding when the strong…

10 months ago

Pig liver transplant into a living person edges it closer to the norm

Surgeons carrying out the pig liver transplant at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, China, in May 2024Xianfu…

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