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Health

New anti-ageing vaccines promise to prevent diseases like Alzheimer’s

The Tropical jungle with river and sun beam and foggy in the garden

Humans

How ghost cities in the Amazon are rewriting the story of civilisation

Technology

The hacker turned politician using digital tech to reimagine democracy

Leaders

Health

The benefits of anti-ageing medicines will outweigh the downsides

We shouldn't fear life-extending medical advances based on unintended consequences. If we can make lives longer and healthier, potential problems are a price worth paying

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Health

Should weight loss drugs be used to treat obesity in children?

Two major US healthcare organisations have offered contradictory advice about the use of weight loss drugs in adolescents with obesity, underscoring just how little we know about the effects of these medications

Space

Moss that survives deep freeze and radiation could live on Mars

Humans

Mysterious rock art in Venezuela hints at little-known ancient culture

Environment

Solar boom has replaced farmland that could feed millions of people

Earth

Record amount of water from 2022 Tonga eruption is still in atmosphere

Life

Ants amputate their nestmates鈥� limbs to save them from infection

Health

Dangerous mpox strain spreading in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Health

Baby-led weaning makes little nutritional difference vs spoon-feeding

Space

Time ticks faster on the moon by 57 microseconds per Earth day

Technology

AI can predict how monkeys play Pac-Man

Humans

Neanderthal child may have had Down鈥檚 syndrome

Life

Trilobites preserved in incredible detail by Pompeii-style eruption

Technology

$1m prize for AI that can solve puzzles that are simple for humans

Humans

Skeletons reveal ancient Egyptian scribes had bad posture at work

Space

鈥楲ittle red dot鈥� galaxies are breaking theories of cosmic evolution

Physics

Physicists determined the paper most likely to give you a paper cut

Life

The last woolly mammoths on Earth died from bad luck, not inbreeding

Health

Precision ultrasound could treat deep parts of brain without surgery

Technology

AI can identify the most brilliant and entertaining chess moves

Life

Winter 鈥榮auna鈥� helps endangered frogs fight off fungal disease

Analysis

Physics

Is the world’s biggest fusion experiment dead after new delay to 2035?

ITER, a 鈧�20 billion nuclear fusion reactor under construction in France, will now not switch on until 2035 - a delay of 10 years. With smaller commercial fusion efforts on the rise, is it worth continuing with this gargantuan project?

Mind

New Quiet Place movie adds to irrational fears over marauding aliens

Environment

Cool solutions could head off the climate-damaging rush for air con

Aperture

Humans

Haunting photos bring fictional female explorers to life

Tonje B酶e Birkeland's photographs imagine the exploits of fictional female scientists and adventurers from the past

Features

Health

New anti-ageing vaccines promise to prevent diseases like Alzheimer’s

It may soon be possible to vaccinate ourselves against聽the diseases of old age, keeping our body and brain healthier for longer

Humans

How ghost cities in the Amazon are rewriting the story of civilisation

Technology

The hacker turned politician using digital tech to reimagine democracy

Culture

A man is lying in a hammock in the sun, he is reading a book on his digital tablet. The hammock is hanging in a beautiful green forest in Sweden.

Comment

The best science non-fiction books of 2024 so far

Want to save our seas? Make exotic cocktails? Ponder life's meaning? Whatever your plans this July, Simon Ings rounds up the year's best non-fiction so far

Culture

Technology

The best science fiction books of 2024 so far

Culture

People hands taking slices of chocolate pie, above view on a green background. Unequal sharing the cake, concept for financial pie chart

Mathematics

How mathematics can help you divide anything up fairly

Whether you are sharing a cake or a coastline, maths can help make sure everyone is happy with their cut, says Katie Steckles

Tom Gauld on the Three Neolithic Little Pigs

Twisteddoodles on the latest in tanning innovation