‘Mini-lungs’ grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a team of scientists from South Korea and the UK with important insights

Men and women are equally likely to wear face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research.

Contaminated water that could soon be released into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant contains radioactive carbon with the potential to damage human DNA, environmental rights organization Greenpeace has warned.

To efficiently infect human cells, SARS-CoV-2 is able to use a receptor called Neuropilin-1, which is very abundant in many human tissues

Every so often, I ask my daughter about the future. When she was three, she had only a basic concept of time, with little awareness of clocks or calendars. She could understand The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a classic children’s book about a creature gorging on food over a week, but when she would tell the…

It was argued banning the words would make the products more obscure for consumers and undermine health and environmental goals.

On the morning of 11th October, 2020, as the sun touched the horizon from below, I heard my voice for the first time in 11 days. I chanted ‘OM’ in a deep tone, vibrating the air in all the hollow spaces of my body, and the air around me. This followed by an ancient Pali phrase ‘Bhavatu Sabba Mangalam’ (may all blessings come true for all beings).

Campaigners say sale of drugs should be nationalised to undermine organised crime

Doctors could decide minors age 11 and up are capable of informed consent for their own vaccinations.

“Our boyfriends, our significant others, and our husbands are supposed to be No. 1. Our worlds are backward.”

Small glands are located at base of the skull, meaning they had gone undetected. Their discovery could have serious implications for radiation therapy...

In recent years prominent pundits including Steven Pinker, Jordan Peterson and Bill Gates have invoked the progress in global life expectancies to defend capitalism against a growing tide of critics. Certainly there’s a lot to celebrate on this front. After all, average human life expectancy has improved a great deal.

As mindset theory becomes more nuanced, it’s clear school climate is key.

Despite more of the population staying at home as government policies on COVID-19 become stricter, a study has found that a person’s personality influences how

People who take microdoses of psychedelic drugs consistently report that it results in improved mood and creativity, while having few side effects, according to new research published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.

The number of domestic abuse cases has increased dramatically since the UK's Covid lockdown - and tech has played a role. Smart speakers, tracking apps and key-logging software are among products that have made it easier for perpetrators to maintain control of victims and continue abuse.

A new mental health treatment using the psychedelic compound psilocybin raises questions about medicine and values

NAD+ is involved in multiple cellular reactions for the generation of energy and maintenance of cellular health, including immune responses to viral infections. Studies indicate cellular NAD+ levels diminish with age in people, and lower NAD+ levels associated with older age can adversely affect the immune response to infection, which includes the response to COVID-19. The death rates from COVID-19 increase with age, and for people above 80 years old, it passes 14%, which suggests an age-related dysfunction of the immune system.

As the contagion spreads, we look ahead to winter and wonder whom we can safely pull close.

In the US, the average life expectancy is 78 years. But there are a few places in the world—specifically Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; and Icaria, Greece—where living to be over 100 isn’t uncommon at all. In these regions, known as Blue Zones, the life expectancy isn’t just higher; centenarians are generally also healthy, their minds and bodies still working well.