An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team has developed a deep learning model that uses AI image recognition to ...

Using cannabis may cause changes in the human body's epigenome, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests. The epigenome ...

Helen Mirren has revealed she wants to ‘do a DNA test’ with her 1923 co-star, Harrison Ford, to see if they’re secretly ...

March 17, 2025 • Exposure to heat can alter the way your DNA works, according to a new study. The effects could lead to long-term health outcomes.

Half a million barrels of toxic waste lurking beneath the waves just miles from California’s coastline sounds like the plot ...

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A school-age child died of measles in Texas last month, and New Mexico reported its first measles-related death in an adult last week ...

Taylor Swift, the pop star, is the celebrity most at risk of being deepfaked, with 114,630 deepfake-related searches, ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat ...

We look back on about 11 years of the Gaia spacecraft, now at the end of its mission to create the best map of the Milky Way. Humans have a surprising lack of hair for mammals. Biological ...

Failure to agree on global grants to help low- and middle-income countries to achieve net-zero emissions cannot be the end of the story. An urgent solution is needed.

While many lakes worldwide are shrinking, the northern Tibetan Plateau is experiencing a dramatic expansion. Satellite images ...