Cartographers of the human body: the Human Cell Atlas
20 November 2024The Human Cell Atlas is an ambitious project to map every cell in the human body. Its co-lead, Professor Sarah Teichmann, explains how the initiative...
Northerners, Scots and Irish excel at detecting fake accents to guard against outsiders, study suggests
20 November 2024People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new...
A peek inside the box that could help solve a quantum mystery
19 November 2024An elusive particle that first formed in the hot, dense early universe has puzzled physicists for decades. Following its discovery in 2003, scientists began observing...
‘Teen-friendly’ mindfulness therapy aims to help combat depression
18 November 2024Researchers have developed a mindfulness therapy tailored specifically to appeal to teenagers to help them cope with increasing levels of depression and mental health problems.
Study uncovers earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape the landscape of Tasmania
15 November 2024Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years...
Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence
13 November 2024A ‘one of a kind’ fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the...
Time alone heightens ‘threat alert’ in teenagers – even when connecting online
13 November 2024Scientists say the findings might shed light on the link between loneliness and mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, which are on the rise...
Vast majority of Trump voters believe American values and prosperity are ‘under threat’
11 November 2024Data also suggests that Democrat appeals to unity were popular across the board, but “politicians need to do more to understand why some people feel...
Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations, say researchers
11 November 2024Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people disproportionately, argue researchers ahead...
Planting trees in the Arctic could make global warming worse, not better, say scientists
07 November 2024Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees’ ability to store large quantities of carbon from...