In 1771, the German physician Hieronymus David Gaubius introduced the western scientific community to “a medication with many promises” – zinc. More than 200 years later,...
It’s not easy for life in Chile’s unforgiving Atacama desert: a harsh, hostile place renowned for being the planet’s driest non-polar desert. Yet against the odds,...
The United Nations Secretary-General has called 2021 “the make it or break it year” for climate action. 2021 is not over yet, but a provisional report...
The foothills of the Andes mountains are revealing their bloody secrets: the ancient skeletons of sacrificed children. Archaeologists have unearthed 29 human bodies entombed approximately 1,000...
NASA and SpaceX on Monday delayed for the second time a mission to send four astronauts to the International Space Station due to a “minor medical...
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches towards the end of its second year, there’s still much we don’t know and a lot we’re still learning about the...
A detailed analysis of scientific research has revealed that nearly 9 in 10 human genes have been mentioned in at least one cancer-related study – and...
Nothing makes for a time capsule quite like amber. Sealed in the golden gloop, ancient life-forms are transported across eternity to the modern day, preserved in...
Effective vaccines, without a needle: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have doubled down on efforts to create patches that deliver life-saving drugs painlessly...
There’s an odd twist to human physiology not seen in any other primate, that makes giving birth more complicated for our species. Now, a study using...