Smallpox DNA from two people buried in Chile reveals the virus’s arrival through European colonisation – but recreating it would require deliberate laboratory work.
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Surgery can restore communication between the hand and brain, but new research suggests the brain’s response to individual fingers may change.
Men are turning to fillers to increase penis size. But the evidence is limited, the effects fade and complications can be serious.
A food shortage is never going to be an ideal situation. But it’s possible to build a healthy stockpile for your home.
A common fatty liver disease is increasingly being diagnosed in younger women, but its effects on pregnancy are still being understood.
Your genes can affect how some medicines work. A reusable result could help doctors prescribe more safely, alongside other clinical evidence.
It’s thought around half of the world’s population are infected with H pylori.
Humans have spent thousands of years searching for a hangover cure – yet the ultimate price of heavy drinking remains unchanged.
Filling every spare moment with a podcast, message or social-media scroll may deny the brain a useful window for consolidating new memories.
Plus, ‘slow jogging’ may benefit avid runners, too.
A typical weekday in Denmark and the UK looks similar on the surface, but hour by hour, the differences tell an interesting story.
Horses have been used to make antivenom for more than a century. Could our new research offer a better way?
Research links unsafe conditions, long hours and poor sleep with worse mental health at sea. Conflict can intensify each of these pressures.
Overlooking the key causes of fatigue may mean missing important opportunities to support teenage girls’ health and wellbeing.
GLP-1 drugs can produce major weight loss, but their wider impact will depend on affordable treatment and appropriate support.
Floods, droughts and extreme heat can disrupt nutrition and healthcare in early life, with consequences that may last for years.
Spaceflight can reproduce some changes associated with later life within weeks, offering clues about muscle loss, frailty and recovery.
Denmark built the bike lanes – but people are still getting in cars.
Consuming between 30-35g of nuts daily was linked with a 26% lower risk of hypertension.
Larger people were seen more negatively than slimmer people doing the same activities in this research.
Don’t dread the ‘afternoon slump’. Here’s what you can do to combat it.
The immediate risk is very low. The discovery shows how warmer weather may change Britain’s defences against mosquito-borne disease.
While many products promise faster recovery, reduced soreness and improved performance, the science is often more nuanced.
Denmark eats more sugar than Britain and invented the Danish pastry, yet far fewer Danes are obese. What are they doing differently?
Small challenges can activate cells’ protective systems. Scientists are exploring whether food compounds and medicines can make use of this effect.