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Bacteria can develop resistance to drugs they haven’t encountered before − scientists figured this out decades ago in a classic experiment
Do bacteria mutate randomly, or do they mutate for a purpose? Researchers have been...
Early COVID-19 research is riddled with poor methods and low-quality results − a problem for science the pandemic worsened but didn’t create
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers flooded journals with studies about...
Omega-3 fatty acids are linked to better lung health, particularly in patients with pulmonary fibrosis
Omega-3 fatty acids have garnered significant interest among patients and clinicians...
Potato plant radiation sensors could one day monitor radiation in areas surrounding power plants
While expanding nuclear energy production would provide carbon-free power and can...
Mental fatigue has psychological triggers − new research suggests challenging goals can head it off
Do you ever feel spacey, distracted and worn down toward the end of a long work-related...
Losing their tails provided our ape ancestors with an evolutionary advantage – but we’re still paying the price
Implicit in such images – and the title of the picture – are biases in common views...
The world’s business and finance sectors can do much more to reverse deforestation – here’s the data to prove it
Big corporations could drive a worldwide shift towards more sustainable supply chains...
A black hole discovery could force us to rethink how galaxies came to be
Peering deep into the infancy of the universe, the European Southern Observatory’s...
The bog is where forensics and archaeology meet to solve ‘cold cases’
Occasionally, police investigators find themselves announcing archaeological discoveries,...
As we dream, we can listen in on the waking world – podcast
Dream researcher Başak Türker explains how she was able to communicate with people...
Studying lake deposits in Idaho could give scientists insight into ancient traces of life on Mars
Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and...
Bacteria in your gut can improve your mood − new research in mice tries to zero in on the crucial strains
Your gut microbiome contains trillions of a diverse range of bacteria, fungi and...
Newborn gas planets may be surprisingly flat – new research
A new planet starts its life in a rotating circle of gas and dust, a cradle known...
Stone Age ‘megastructure’ under Baltic Sea sheds light on strategy used by Palaeolithic hunters over 10,000 years ago
Archaeologists have identified what may be Europe’s oldest human-made megastructure,...
Genetic diseases: How scientists are working to make DNA repair (almost) a piece of cake
I have always been fascinated by genetics, a branch of biology that helps explain...
A 365-million-year-old fish with an extreme underbite showcases vertebrate diversity
Vertebrates are defined as all animals that possess a vertebral column, or backbone....