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Over the past five years, dermatologist Rajani Katta has noticed a change in the people who come into her office. Their skincare routines have been getting…

A mass of writhing maggots on a decomposing murder victim is not a sight for the squeamish, but for some, it is evidence. A maggot’s age…

Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons…

In 2019, environmental archaeologist David Wright at the University of Oslo visited what was, at first glance, an extremely unappealing field site: a cluster of leech-infested…

For four days last August, a thick slick of maroon bruised the waters of the Gulf of Maine. The scene, not unlike a toxic red tide,…

It can take less than a microsecond for proteins (artist’s impression) to fold into their 3D shapes.Credit: Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo LibraryScientists say they have made some…

Thanks to legislation passed by the US Congress on 3 February, government spending on research and development unrelated to national defence is expected to decrease by…

March 9, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmRFK, Jr.’s overhauled autism advisory board cancels first public meetingThe cancellation of a meeting of the committee…

Craig Munns has a large model of a T rex on his desk. He got it with a magazine subscription two decades ago. One day, a…

Taking multivitamins daily was associated with changes in epigenetic ageing ‘clocks’.Credit: Halfpoint Images/GettyTaking a multivitamin every day can slow certain markers of biological ageing, a new…