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Can we eradicate a second human disease?
The number of human cases of guinea worm, a painful and debilitating tropical illness, fell to a record low of just 10 last year, according to the Ca…
1 month ago
Sauna and cold plunge: where does the evidence stand?
Saunas and cold plunge pools are popping up everywhere in the UK, bringing fiery heat and icy cold to a beach, city farm or park near you. Their user…
1 month ago
Does going to the moon still matter?
If all goes to plan, Artemis II, Nasa’s mission to return humans to the moon, will launch this week. The mission will mark the farthest that humans h…
1 month, 1 week ago
Transporting the most expensive and volatile substance on Earth
A box the size of a filing cabinet was lifted by crane, slowly moved and placed very carefully in the back of an unassuming lorry earlier this week. …
1 month, 1 week ago
What sets human consciousness apart from AI?
Why is it like something to be ourselves and how do physical processes create our subjective experience? These questions get to the heart of the knot…
1 month, 1 week ago
Off Duty: The Crime
On the evening of 29 December 2011, police officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. T…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Meningitis explained: who is most at risk?
Over the weekend, news emerged of an outbreak of meningitis among university and school students in Kent in south-east England. The outbreak has kill…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What’s behind the injectable peptide craze?
Grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances with obscure, alphanumeric names such as BPC-157, GHK-Cu, or TB-500 – have developed a dev…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Exercise and brain function, hedgehog hearing, and can AI change our minds? – podcast
The Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, talks to Madeleine Finlay about three eye-catching science stories from the week, including a study that e…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon?
Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nu…
1 month, 3 weeks ago