Medicine

Planning to get in shape with a diet? Research suggests this can actually make matters worse...

Does nature resort to the same tactics used by plant breeders?

People raised in cities, with less animal contact and a narrow range of microbial exposures, are more prone to health...

Scientists speed up the evolution of yeast to create tastier and healthier alcohol

Measuring which microorganisms are in a person’s gut and how they influence overall health is now a reality...

Antibiotic resistance: How did we get here?

Better understanding sensory perception could help people with autism and dyslexia

Can poor food choices can lower your cognitive abilities and cost you your grades?

What must material scientists consider when they design new materials that make up hip and dental implants?

An insight into my 8-week internship with the Naked Scientists.

Not everybody thinks harassment is a bad thing - here's the who, the why, and the what to do about it

Learning how memory works could be key to treating PTSD.

Learning new things prevents dementia...

Excerpt from Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World

Emotional response to city design could guide urban planning...

Why eschewing tech may be good for mental well-being...

Transplant recipients may soon have a test to protect against organ rejection...

The modern-day equivalent of a scale pan for molecules

To treat an eating disorder, we need to know what emotion fuels it...

Teenagers weigh in on the debate...

Each day, approximately 130 Americans die from an opioid overdose...

Could a cancer vaccine, currently in dogs, make its way into humans?

Individual differences and interpreting online behaviour: harassment or over-sensitivity?

Can gut microbes and genes do the job of weight loss surgery?