A post hoc analysis of 84 adults with HIV found changes in several epigenetic ageing markers after 32 weeks of semaglutide. It did not show that the drug slows ageing or extends life.
Jun 2, 2026
In an observational cohort of mostly US health professionals, 90 to 119 minutes of weekly strength training was associated with lower mortality. The study cannot establish cause or an optimal dose.
Jun 2, 2026
The water bottle has a secret compartment. Tucked inside, where you might expect a sports cap or a measuring line, sits a vape, hidden well enough to slip past a teacher or a parent doing a bag check.
Jun 1, 2026
At one end of the family sits the tsetse fly, a strong flier with big eyes that picks out a buffalo or a person from across an African clearing.
Jun 1, 2026
Take a sliver of molybdenum oxychloride, lay it on a chip of silicon, and turn it slowly under polarized light.
Jun 1, 2026
The body of someone with chronic insomnia is, in a sense, always braced. Heart rate a touch high, mind refusing to idle, muscles never quite letting go, even at 3am when nothing is happening and nothing needs to.
Jun 1, 2026
Every 80 minutes or so, a faint patch of sky toward the constellation Ara flickers.
Jun 1, 2026
The thing is narrower than a single human hair, and along its silicon length sit close to a thousand tiny recording points and twenty-eight microscopic windows that spit out light.
Jun 1, 2026
A prescription for Mounjaro costs roughly £200 a month. A weekly shop that actually supports the body through rapid weight loss, plenty of protein, fresh…
Jun 1, 2026
Five-year follow-up found fewer recurrences or deaths with a personalised mRNA vaccine plus pembrolizumab than with pembrolizumab alone. Larger Phase 3 trials are ongoing.
Jun 1, 2026
The lesson was the same in every classroom: quadratic equations, that gateway topic where the x suddenly comes with a square attached and a good many fifteen-year-olds quietly decide maths is not for them.
Jun 1, 2026
A review of mouse and cell studies proposes that enlarged mitochondria initially help the liver adapt to alcohol but can later promote inflammation and damage. The mechanism is not established in patients.
Jun 1, 2026
Shine an ultraviolet pulse onto a particular crystal and it glows a soft blue. Switch off the lamp and the glow does not vanish.
May 31, 2026
The transistor has stopped shrinking. Not slowing down, not easing off, but actually hitting a wall set by the size of atoms and the rules of quantum mechanics.
May 31, 2026
