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A massive cell-by-cell map of aging reveals it’s a synchronized, body-wide process—and scientists may finally know where to intervene. As people grow older, their risk of developing conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and dementia rises sharply. For decades, medical research has tackled these illnesses individually. Increasingly, however, scientists are asking a bigger question. Instead […]

A massive cell-by-cell map of aging reveals it’s a synchronized, body-wide process—and scientists may finally know where to intervene. As people grow older, their risk of developing conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and dementia rises sharply. For decades, medical research has tackled these illnesses individually. Increasingly, however, scientists are asking a bigger question. Instead […]

An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system. For more than sixty years, Charles Hockett’s ‘design features’ have been widely used as a framework for defining what distinguishes human language from other forms of communication. These features were long treated as a […]

New analysis of Neanderthal bones from Belgium indicates targeted cannibalism of outsiders that may signal territorial conflict before their regional disappearance. A detailed examination of Neanderthal bones recovered from the Troisième caverne of Goyet (Belgium) has uncovered evidence of selective cannibalism dating to between 41,000 and 45,000 years ago. The remains indicate that adult women […]

A single genetic “switch” may be the secret to how the body’s cleanup crew grows up and keeps our organs running smoothly. Scientists at the University of Liège have identified a crucial genetic regulator that allows macrophages to fully mature and help maintain healthy organs. This regulator, known as MafB, acts as a “molecular switch” […]

Hidden within cancer DNA data, researchers uncovered viruses and bacteria that may influence both diagnosis and survival. Cancer genome sequencing is designed to read human DNA, but it also captures tiny traces of DNA from microbes that ride along in the sample. In a new study from the University of East Anglia (UEA), those microbial […]

Hidden within cancer DNA data, researchers uncovered viruses and bacteria that may influence both diagnosis and survival. Cancer genome sequencing is designed to read human DNA, but it also captures tiny traces of DNA from microbes that ride along in the sample. In a new study from the University of East Anglia (UEA), those microbial […]

Hidden within cancer DNA data, researchers uncovered viruses and bacteria that may influence both diagnosis and survival. Cancer genome sequencing is designed to read human DNA, but it also captures tiny traces of DNA from microbes that ride along in the sample. In a new study from the University of East Anglia (UEA), those microbial […]

A growing body of research suggests the brain plays a central role in diabetic ketoacidosis, opening the possibility of treating type 1 diabetes in an entirely new way. More than 10 years ago, scientists made an unexpected discovery about a life-threatening complication of type 1 diabetes. They found that diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) could be reversed […]

Scientists testing a popular climate theory in Antarctica found that melting glaciers deliver far less iron to the ocean than previously believed. Most of the iron feeding carbon-hungry algae actually comes from deep water and sediments, not from the ice itself. A Climate Hope in the Southern Ocean For years, researchers studying the Southern Ocean […]