SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the climate might evolve under different policies?The Earth system is a vast web of...

Studying gene expression in a cancer patient’s cells can help clinical biologists understand the cancer’s origin and...

Applications 25/02/2026 242 views 11 likesWith launch planned for later this year, testing is well underway to ensure the MetOp Second Generation-B1 weather satellite is ready for its life in orbit around Earth. These checks include verifying that its spectacular...

The longevity benefits of fasting or taking rapamycin are more like a lottery than a sure bet. The interventions...

NASA's Artemis II Live Views from Kennedy Space Center - YouTubeWatch On NASA will roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket off the launch pad on Wednesday (Feb. 25) to deal with a glitch, and you can watch the long...

A monkey making a meal of a squirrel may have sparked an outbreak. In early 2023, mpox broke out among a group of a few dozen sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) living in Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park. Roughly one-third of the monkeys...

Biologists have seen signs of orca-on-orca predation in the North Pacific, and such cannibalism may explain why some orcas...

The invasion of Ukraine has stymied healthcare services, allowing diseases such as HIV to spread unchecked. The rate of contagion has been difficult to gauge. But now, using a van equipped with portable research gear, virologist Ganna (Anna) Kovalenko...

A first-of-its-kind cream that targets the underlying cause of vitiligo will be made available on the National Health Service...

Available for over a yearME – also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – has long been one of medicine’s most perplexing conditions. With no definitive diagnostic test and a legacy of scepticism in parts of the medical community, patients...