SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

When Irene Breen got a notification in January 2025 that Instagram was removing adverts for her company's pregnancy pillows, she was confused. What was so offensive about a pillow?She was later told on a call with Meta that the...

When corporate leaders discuss climate strategy, the message that still dominates is that, despite competing priorities and external pressures, sustainability matters. According to the 2026 State of Supply Chain Sustainability report from the MIT Sustainable Supply Chain Lab, which surveyed...

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As an embryo develops from a small cluster of stem cells, those once “blank slate” cells begin to take on more specialized roles like brain, liver, or muscle cells, and organize themselves into three-dimensional structures such as tissues and...

Available for 33 daysBack in May, we checked in on the developments in the eastern Pacific’s ocean currents, that we call El Niño. We said that stirrings in the surface suggested there might just be quite a big one....

The age of exoplanet science took shape with the Kepler mission, and gained more momentum with the TESS mission. The initial goal had a simple definition: use the transit method to...

Trans patients should be cared for on single-sex hospital wards or bays that align with their biological sex rather than their gender identity, according to new NHS England (NHSE) guidance.It says when this is not "clinically appropriate" then alternative...

Archaeologists call the remains Shanidar A, named after the cave in which they were found. Remains of at least 10 Neanderthals were discovered in excavations in the cave in the 1950s.The wound is thought to be the first evidence...

Around the world, many people report distrusting their government. In some places, such as Latin America, North America, and Africa, trust in government has declined in recent decades. How can governments rebuild this trust?New research from the MIT Governance...

Dr Jane Sehgal is a GP and health coach based in Edinburgh who supports people who are paying privately for GLP-1s.She said weight loss was a complex condition to manage responsibly.Dr Seghal said it could be affected by a...