Cord blood banking is not living up to its promise
Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, but much of that potential has turned
Trump’s Golden Dome defence project could spur a space arms race
US President Donald Trump (left), accompanied by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (right), announces the Golden Dome missile defense shield CHRIS KLEPONIS/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock US President
Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of the deep-sea floor
Alicella gigantea, the world’s largest amphipod, may be more common than we had thought Maroni et al./Royal Society Open Science A giant crustacean that resembles
US east coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows
The AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The slowdown of
China’s CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?
A floating solar farm in Huainan City, China is part of the country’s renewable power build-out Imago / Alamy China, the world’s largest emitter of
Does intermittent fasting improve gut health? Why it’s hard to say
How does intermittent fasting change the gut microbiome? Oliver Leedham/Alamy Stock Photo There is evidence that intermittent fasting alters the gut microbiome, and while this
Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don’t know where
A model of Kosmos 482, which was originally set to go to Venus Wikimedia Commons More than 50 years after its launch, a Soviet spacecraft
Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many common heart problems
A shingles vaccine seems to provide additional benefits Cavan Images / Alamy Vaccination against herpes zoster, better known as shingles, not only helps prevent this
Disastrous back-to-back heatwaves and droughts surge across Eurasia
Drought conditions can have devastating impacts on Eurasian regions like Karapinar in Turkey YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images Over the past two decades, swathes of
Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection method
Some deepfake videos present a convincing pulse Alamy Stock Photo Deepfake videos that feature digital manipulations of people’s facial expressions and voices can also depict