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Brain study identifies a cost of caregiving for new fathers
Parenting makes the heart grow fonder, and the brain grow … smaller?
Engineering mini human hearts to study pregnancy complications and birth defects
How did your heart form? What triggered your first heartbeat? To this day, the mechanisms...
Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests
One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies...
Can an organ transplant really change someone’s personality?
Changes in personality following a heart transplant have been noted pretty much...
Exoplanet WASP-69b has a cometlike tail – this unique feature is helping scientists like me learn more about how planets evolve
Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers...
Our new vaccine could protect against coronaviruses that haven’t even emerged yet – new study
The rapid development of vaccines that protect against COVID was a remarkable scientific...
Electric vehicles are usually safer for their occupants – but not necessarily for everyone else
The future of automobiles is electric, but many people worry about the safety of...
‘Everywhere we looked we found evidence’: the godfather of microplastics on 20 years of pollution research and the fight for global action
Thirty years ago, while counting barnacles, limpets and seaweeds along rocky shores,...
Unravelling life’s origin: five key breakthroughs from the past five years
There is still so much we don’t understand about the origin of life on Earth
How much time should you spend sitting versus standing? New research reveals the perfect mix for optimal health
We found the optimal amount of sleep was 8.3 hours, while for light activity and...
How studying trends in human lifespans can measure progress in addressing inequality
People are living longer lives compared to previous generations but, over the last...
Teens see social media algorithms as accurate reflections of themselves, study finds
Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content...
We looked at genetic clues to depression in more than 14,000 people. What we found may surprise you
The core experiences of depression – changes in energy, activity, thinking and mood...
Have smartphones created an ‘anxious generation’? Jonathan Haidt sounds the alarm
Haidt argues that the evidence is in. Teenagers’ widespread use of smartphones is...
Nature conservation works, and we’re getting better at it – new study
To work in nature conservation is to battle a headwind of bad news. When the overwhelming...
Ancient nomads you’ve probably never heard of disappeared from Europe 1,000 years ago. Now, DNA analysis reveals how they lived
How do we understand past societies? For centuries, our main sources of information...