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If we want to change our consumerist society, we need greener status signals that appeal to our animal instincts, says Solitaire Townsend

Dementia risk was 69% higher in older adults who slept for more than 8 hours per night, and 2 times higher for those who went to bed before 9 pm.

Researchers have developed a new laser-based technique that can simultaneously perform LiDAR and remote chemical measurements. LiDAR, which stands for light detection and ranging, uses a laser to measure distances, or ra...

In heterosexual married couples, women are happier later in life when both partners work in middle age, researchers find

Bit by bit, drones can print structures made of foam and cement. The technique could transform future construction sites and post-disaster reconstruction

A way to make Cavendish banana plants temporarily resistant to Fusarium fungus could lead to new ways to protect them from Panama disease

Gene editing mosquitoes so they die before malaria parasites can develop inside them could stop the spread of the deadly parasite entirely, according to lab studies and computer models

Researchers have created a flexible needle-like endoscopic imaging probe that can acquire 3D microscopic images of tissue. The bendability is possible thanks to a new flexible graded index (GRIN) lens developed by the re...

Set on an Earth where the ecosystem has collapsed, this ravishing sci-fi film is centred on Vesper, a young girl struggling to find a cure for her paralysed father

Even at this time of rapid extinction, there are many species to be discovered, but we need to take care over what we mean when referring to "new species", says Penny Sarchet

Most analgesics are either opioids or anti-inflammatories. Neither is good enough

Sleep deprivation alters the structure of DNA inside immune cells and increases the number of immune cells, which causes them to overreact and spark inflammation. The study found catching up on sleep does not reverse thi...

They could build and repair where humans cannot reach

The chirps of insects tell an important story

What do you do when a name becomes problematic?

Avatars are not only a form of creative expression, they also allow for conformity and escapism. Our digital representations affect how we interact with others and can determine whether we fit in with social groups or ar...

Here's what the latest research says about the 'running outside vs treadmill' debate

People in the east of England in early mediaeval times could trace three-quarters of their ancestry to recent migrants from continental Europe.

Your genes and environment play a big part in forming you, but there is an unexplored third element at play too: luck. The chance events that shape your brain in the womb may influence who you become as much as your gene...

98% of women imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust experienced amenorrhea, or the absence of menstruation. A new theory proposes the sudden cessation of menstruation of these women was too uniform t...

In molecules, the atoms vibrate with characteristic patterns and frequencies. Vibrations are therefore an important tool for studying molecules and molecular processes such as chemical reactions. Although scanning tunnel...