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Jetlag hits differently depending on your travel direction. Here are 6 tips to get over it
After a few difficult years of lockdowns and travel restrictions, people are finally...
Cancer evolution is mathematical – how random processes and epigenetics can explain why tumor cells shape-shift, metastasize and resist treatments
Cancer is often seen as a disease that arises from genetic mutations causing cells...
How could we detect atom-sized primordial black holes?
One of the most intriguing predictions of Einstein’s general theory of relativity...
Chinese researchers are currently the most cited researchers in the world: Why does it worry the United States?
Although many other countries had overlooked its advances, the quality of the research...
China now publishes more high-quality science than any other nation – should the US be worried?
In 2022, Chinese researchers published more scientific papers on artificial intelligence...
Cells routinely self-cannibalize to take out their trash, aiding in survival and disease prevention
Don’t let the textbook diagram of a simplified two-dimensional cell fool you – within...
How do you make a universal flu vaccine? A microbiologist explains the challenges, and how mRNA could offer a promising solution
To everything there is a season, and for the flu, it’s wintertime. Flu cases peak...
The future of flight in a net-zero-carbon world: 9 scenarios, lots of sustainable biofuel
Several major airlines have pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by midcentury...
Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its sea ice
Atmospheric rivers, those long, powerful streams of moisture in the sky, are becoming...
Our moon has been slowly drifting away from the Earth over the past 2.5 billion years
Looking up at the moon in the night sky, you would never imagine that it is slowly...
Mini creatures with mighty voices know their audience and focus on a single frequency
In the cloud forests of South America, amid the constant cacophony of bird and insect...
Microbes in your food can help or hinder your body’s defenses against cancer – how diet influences the conflict between cell ‘cooperators’ and ‘cheaters’
The microbes living in your food can affect your risk of cancer. While some help...
Large mammals shaped the evolution of humans: here’s why it happened in Africa
That humans originated in Africa is widely accepted. But it’s not generally recognised...
Does this cause cancer? How scientists determine whether a chemical is carcinogenic – sometimes with controversial results
People are exposed to numerous chemicals throughout their lifetimes
Exxon scientists accurately forecast climate change back in the 1970s – what if we had listened to them and acted then?
Writers of speculative- and science-fiction often identify a key point in time and...
ChatGPT: our study shows AI can produce academic papers good enough for journals – just as some ban it
Some of the world’s biggest academic journal publishers have banned or curbed their...