Browsing: Human

Attention has been focused on avian influenza virus H5N1 in the past few years, but scientists are concerned about the spread of other bird viruses.Credit: Ralf…

All vertebrates yawn, or indulge in a behaviour that’s at least recognisable as yawn-adjacent. Sociable baboons yawn, but so do semi-solitary orangutans. Parakeets, penguins and crocodiles…

October 24, 20252 min readAncient Vulture Nests Reveal 600 Years of Human History—Including 25 ShoesCliff-rappelling scientists uncovered a crossbow bolt, part of a slingshot and 25…

October 20, 20253 min readIs There a Fundamental Limit to Human Metabolism? New Research Suggests YesA new study finds that even elite endurance athletes run up…

The weapons manufacturer Saab was “directly linked” to a human rights violation when a missile it produced was found in an Indigenous heritage area, an investigation…

One of the great ironies and great frustrations of my career teaching first-year college writing was having students enter our class armed with a whole host…

Europe’s most senior human rights official has called on Shabana Mahmood to review UK protest laws after mass arrests over the ban on Palestine Action.Michael O’Flaherty,…

Fifteen French and UK human rights organisations are calling for the suspension of the controversial “one in, one out” treaty in a legal challenge that has…

Scientists have grown embryo-like structures in the laboratory that produced human blood cells, raising new possibilities for regenerative medicine.The ability to generate blood stem cells in…

October 10, 20253 min readPig Liver Surgery Moves Us Closer to Transplants from Other SpeciesSurgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with…