The ageing of cells may be due to errors that harm protein production
Older cells may fail to make proteins or may make proteins that don't function as they should, in a discovery…
Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed
Your biological age - a measure based on markers on your DNA, rather than your number of birthdays - can…
What are ‘synthetic embryos’ and why are scientists making them?
The first human embryo-like structures have been created from stem cells and reached a landmark stage of development, in a…
First over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the US
The US Food and Drug Administration approved the oral contraceptive Opill for use without a prescription. It is the first…
Water seen in young planet system shows Earth may have always been wet
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted water vapour in an area where planets may be forming, which could present…
Dusting and vacuuming reduce wildfire air pollution inside homes
Pollutants from wildfire smoke can remain inside homes for weeks, but vacuuming, mopping and dusting result in lower levels of…
Syphilis-like bacteria found in 2000-year-old human remains in Brazil
Four skeletons in a prehistoric burial site in Brazil contain the DNA of bacteria that are closely related to the…
How Schrödinger’s cat could make quantum computers work better
A quantum bit inspired by Schrödinger’s cat can resist making errors for an unprecedentedly long time, which makes it a…
Einstein’s theories tested on the largest scale ever – he was right
Analysis of millions of galaxies upholds Albert Einstein’s ideas about gravity and also offers tantalising new hints of how dark…
Vaccine misinformation can easily poison AI – but there’s a fix
Adding just a little medical misinformation to an AI model’s training data increases the chances that chatbots will spew harmful…