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What Blind Cave Fish and Venomous Snails Can Teach Us about DiabetesStudies of insulin, blood sugar and diabetes in other animals such as fish and dogs…

Theoretical astrophysicist Debarati Chatterjee has always seen gender for what it is — a social construct. Despite witnessing domestic violence as a child, experiencing sexual harassment…

November 22, 20254 min read5 Charts Show Climate Progress as Paris Agreement Turns 10The 2015 Paris Agreement forged a path for the world to stave off…

Sophisticated and deadly “brain weapons” that can attack or alter human consciousness, perception, memory or behaviour are no longer the stuff of science fiction, two British…

Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, experienced a data breach in October. Credit: Ilnur Khisamutdinov/AlamyOn 10 November, hackers gained access to a Princeton University database containing the…

November 21, 20252 min readIllegal Wildlife Trade Tied to Drugs, Arms, and Human TraffickingCriminals around the world are increasingly mixing trade in illegal animal parts with…

One of the last remaining fun things about the internet is getting to pass judgment on the goings-on in households that you would never hear about…

As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all sorts of state-of-the-art equipment. It’s an impressive facility,…

November 19, 20253 min readNew Research Shows How AI Could Transform Math, Physics, Cancer Research, and MoreA new paper shows ChatGPT-5 emerging as a tool that…

Matt Damon grew potatoes for survival in The Martian, but researchers say mosses could one day help turn the dust and rocks of other planets into…