While zoning out occasionally happened after a full night's slumber, it was much more common after the participants had ...

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Oxford, has achieved a world-first by creating plasma ...

All over the world people are ageing more rapidly and succumbing to diseases that typically affected the elderly. But there ...

After conventional wisdom seemed to make peanut allergies worse, a 15-year scientific journey led to “landmark” recommendations that now appear to be reducing their incidence.

Summary: A global study of vertebrates reveals that body temperature is the key driver behind brain size evolution. Warm-blooded species like mammals and birds can maintain the energy demands of ...

Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold. As a rule, ...

Are we too quick to agree on the dangers of consensus?

The first-in-class drug for bronchiectasis shows promise beyond reduced exacerbations and improved lung function.

Introduction Timely detection, notification and response are critical for mitigating outbreak impact, yet evidence linking timeliness to public health outcomes is limited.Methods We hypothesised that ...

A global study of over 1,100 species reveals an evolutionary reason why females consistently live longer than males.

In many bird species, it’s the males who live longer. The researchers found support for this idea: in 72% of mammal species, females outlived males by about 12%. Meanwhile, in 68% of bird species, ...