The quest for scientific truth leads Harvard researchers to a wide array of pursuits: sea slugs that steal body parts from other animals, microwave resonator telescopes powerful enough to detect traces of the Big Bang, and lab-grown human kidneys.
These are examples of seven novel research…
The Enhanced Games—a kind of Olympics for athletes who are doping—today announced the date and venue for its first competition: May 21-24, 2026, at Resorts World Las Vegas.
Athletes competing in the event will be allowed to take performance-enhancing drugs like testosterone and anabolic…
Fruit flies, one of the most studied organisms in science, are efficient little creatures, able to navigate their environment with agility. They were also one of the first animals to be manipulated by geneticists.
A new study, published last month by PNAS, exploited these qualities by…
An ancient statue depicting the Roman goddess of victory has been unearthed at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists.
The symbolic find of…
Even if the world meets the international goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, the consequences of the climate change crisis may still be far more severe than expected. A new study warns that sea levels are set to rise faster than humanity can adapt, posing a long-term threat to…
In a first for science, researchers have observed a phenomenon that could finally explain a mystery at the heart of how lightning forms.
Known as terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), these short, incredibly bright bursts of radiation were spotted by a research team from the University of Osaka…
Stroke, dementia and late-life depression. They’re the heavy hitters of getting old – no one wants them, and yet they’re surprisingly common in our ageing population.
What’s more, there’s so much information out there nowadays that it can be difficult to know where to begin when it…
The remaining staff are in an “all hands on deck” situation with the rollout, says Brett Howe, the former geodetic services division chief at NGS, who opted to retire at the end of April. Despite a dedicated staff, Howe says that the loss of many in senior leadership with decades of…
A single shot of a new drug can lower cholesterol levels by up to 69 per cent, according to the initial results of a clinical trial that has not yet been peer reviewed.
The treatment, called VERVE-102, could transform the future of heart attack prevention by dramatically reducing a person’s…
Cats have a long history with humans, going back more than 9,000 years. Attracted to human settlements by the rodents that plagued (sometimes literally) our ancestors, cats ingratiated themselves as useful mousers and slowly domesticated themselves.
Farmers began to employ them as pest…