Gene combo causes susceptibility to tuberculosis

Researchers have discovered a key reason why some people are susceptible to TB and others aren’t. Publishing in the journal Cell, Lalita Ramakrishnan and colleagues from the University of Washington think that it’s the levels of an enzyme called LTA4H which give some people better immunity....

East Siberian Methane Timebomb

Scientists have discovered that millions of tonnes of sequestered methane locked up beneath the shallow ocean shoreline of Siberia are becoming unstable and escaping into the air, threatening to accelerate climate change.

The Earliest Symbolic Scratchings

This week archaeologists have described the discovery of some of the earliest evidence for advanced human thought. Publishing in the journal PNAS, Pierre-Jean Texier and colleagues have analysed nearly 300 bits of carved ostrich shell from a site in South Africa.

Researchers wind back Earth's Magnetic Clock

Scientists have found evidence for a magnetic field around the Earth at least 250 million years earlier than previously thought

Magnets Mitigate Migraine

Researchers have identified how a hand held magnetic device could mitigate the pain of migraine...