Science
Alzheimer’s may start with inflammation in the skin, lungs or gut
The Alzheimer’s field is being turned on its head as mounting evidence points to the disease beginning outside...
What to read this week: Poisonous People by Leanne ten Brinke
If up to 20 per cent of us really do score highly on traits related to psychopathy, we are going to need all t...
The bombshell results that demand a new theory of the universe
Last year, our most detailed map of the universe yet suggested our understanding of dark energy has been wrong...
How to convey amounts of snow to Canadians: use polar bears
Feedback is pleased to discover another delightfully unconventional unit of measurement, which is used to conv...
The secret of how cats twist in mid-air to land on their feet
An exceptionally flexible region of the spine enables falling cats to twist the front and back halves of their...
Sea levels around the world are much higher than we thought
Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face...
Top predators still prowled the seas after the biggest mass extinction
The end-Permian extinction 252 million years ago wiped out over 80 per cent of marine species, but many ecosys...
Claude AI: Why are there so many internet outages?
AI chatbot Claude going down is just one example of a recent IT outage. One of the main vulnerabilities of the...
How worried should you be about microplastics?
Microplastics have been found accumulating everywhere from our water to our body tissues, but many of the clai...
Rare family has had many more sons than daughters for generations
Analysing the births of a Utah family over seven generations has revealed that their disproportionate number o...
Selfish Y chromosome may explain why some families mostly have sons
A family in Utah with a disproportionate number of boys has been traced back over hundreds of years, revealing...
Can magnesium supplements improve sleep, energy and concentration?
Magnesium has been called the “super mineral of the moment”, hailed for its supposed benefits for the brain an...
Why the US is using a cheap Iranian drone against the country itself
The US and Iran are trading blows in the Gulf with a simple drone that costs as little as $50,000 to make. But...
Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousness in his new book?
The science writer delves into the vast subject of consciousness in his new book A World Appears – and draws s...
The real reasons birth rates are declining worldwide
From the cost of childcare to the housing crisis, there’s no shortage of explanations for the dramatic global...
Your microbiome may determine your risk of a severe allergic reaction
The microbes that live in our mouth and gut may influence whether an allergic reaction to peanuts is mild or l...
Spreading crushed rock on farms could absorb 1 billion tonnes of CO2
Putting silicate rocks from mine waste on fields could improve crops and limit global warming, but some resear...
Phantom codes could help quantum computers avoid errors
A method for making quantum computers less error-prone could let them run complex programs such as simulations...