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Scientists find yeast in ancient Iceman's guts -- and make bread
by Daniel Lawler - June 3, 2026 - 8:40am
Yeast has been growing in the guts of a frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a tasty sourdough bread.
Much-hyped Alzheimer's drugs do not help patients, review finds
by Daniel Lawler - April 16, 2026 - 11:50am
After decades of costly yet unsuccessful research, two anti-amyloid drugs called lecanemab and donanemab were initially hailed as gamechangers that finally offered a way to slow the progress of the debilitating...
Lost in space: Sperm struggles to navigate during weightless sex
by Daniel Lawler - March 27, 2026 - 8:53am
With humanity setting its eyes on colonizing space, scientists have been studying how difficult it will be to procreate on spaceships or other worlds.
Mammals cannot be cloned infinitely, mice study discovers
by Daniel Lawler - March 25, 2026 - 8:57am
It had been hoped that making clones of other clones could have a range of uses in the future, including saving endangered species or mass-producing animals for their meat.
Why are more under-50s getting colorectal cancer? 'We don't know'
by Daniel Lawler - February 17, 2026 - 4:06pm
The rate of people under 50 being diagnosed with this cancer has risen by roughly a third since the 1990s.
Brain training reduces dementia risk, study says
by Daniel Lawler - February 10, 2026 - 5:49pm
A simple brain-training exercise could reduce people's risk of developing dementia by 25%, a study finds. 
Aid cuts causing 'tragic' rise in child deaths — Bill Gates
by Daniel Lawler - December 5, 2025 - 6:24pm
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told AFP on Thursday it is "tragic" that child deaths will increase worldwide for the first time this century because wealthy Western countries have slashed...
World-first IVF trial reduces risk of babies inheriting diseases
by Daniel Lawler - July 28, 2025 - 8:58am
The findings were hailed as a breakthrough, which raises hopes that women with mutations in their mitochondrial DNA could one day have children without passing debilitating or deadly diseases on to the children...
'Soulless' AI essays: Do students who use ChatGPT learn less?
by Daniel Lawler - July 2, 2025 - 1:18pm
The problem goes beyond high school and university students.
Over 14 million people could die from US foreign aid cuts — study
by Daniel Lawler - July 1, 2025 - 9:22am
More than 14 million of the world's most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die because of the Trump administration's dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday. ...
Child vaccine coverage faltering, threatening millions — study
by Daniel Lawler - June 25, 2025 - 10:12am
Efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases are faltering across the world due to economic inequality, Covid-era disruptions and misinformation, putting millions of lives at risk, research warned Wedn...
T-Rex ancestor bones found in drawers of Mongolian institute
by Daniel Lawler - June 12, 2025 - 9:53am
For half a century, the fossils sat in the drawers at the Institute of Paleontology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences in Ulaanbaatar.
Man who let snakes bite him 200 times spurs new antivenom hope
by Daniel Lawler - June 9, 2025 - 3:39pm
From 2000 to 2018, he allowed himself to be bitten by snakes more than 200 times. He also injected himself with their venom over 650 times.
The hunt for mysterious 'Planet Nine' offers up a surprise
by Daniel Lawler - May 29, 2025 - 11:32am
A US-based trio hunting "Planet Nine" has instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.
Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
by Daniel Lawler - May 25, 2025 - 9:59am
The debate revolves around the planet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away in the Leo constellation.
World's tiniest pacemaker is smaller than grain of rice
by Daniel Lawler - April 3, 2025 - 8:47am
Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving.
Chinese doctors implant pig liver in human for first time
by Daniel Lawler - March 27, 2025 - 8:58am
Chinese doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time, raising hopes of a live-saving donor option for patients in the futu...
'City killer' asteroid now has 3.1% chance of hitting Earth: NASA
by Daniel Lawler - February 20, 2025 - 11:45am
Despite the rising odds, experts say there is no need for alarm.
What we know about how 'forever chemicals' affect health
by Daniel Lawler - February 14, 2025 - 11:32am
Invisible, omnipresent "forever chemicals" have been linked to a wide range of serious effects on human health, prompting growing calls for them to be banned.
Not enough time in universe for monkeys to pen Shakespeare: study
by Daniel Lawler - November 1, 2024 - 11:56am
Shakespeare's canon includes 884,647 words — none of them banana.
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