Gene variant that raises Alzheimer’s risk may boost fertility in women
The genetic variant APOE4 substantially raises the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, but it has also been linked to women having more children in an Indige
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Japan’s Resilience moon lander has crashed into the lunar surface
An attempt to become the third successful private landing on the moon has ended in failure, as ispace’s Resilience probe crashed due to a malfunctioni
GPT-5’s modest gains suggest AI progress is slowing down
OpenAI’s latest large language model has achieved seemingly underwhelming improvements in performance, leading to questions about whether the AI indus
1500 deaths in the recent European heatwave were due to climate change
We now have the ability to rapidly assess the death toll of climate change after extreme heat – a first-of-its-kind analysis has shown that it nearly
Remarkable set of tracks suggests different dinosaurs herded together
Late Cretaceous dinosaur tracks found in Canada might have been made by different species walking together, but the evidence is far from conclusive
Tiny insect-like robot can flip, loop and hover for up to 15 minutes
A flying robot the size of a postage stamp can hover for up to 15 minutes without breaking, and it can perform acrobatic manoeuvres
Most effective migraine drugs revealed by review of trial data
A meta-analysis of 137 clinical trials finds triptan drugs are among the most effective for treating migraines, while newer ditan and gepant drugs wer
Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire for 11,000 years
Lake sediments reveal the ancient history of Aboriginal people’s use of fire to manage the landscape, a tradition that has benefits for biodiversity
Relatives of men with fertility issues may be at higher risk of cancer
The relatives of men who produce very little or no sperm may be more likely to develop certain types of cancer than the general population
Neanderthals had a ‘fat factory’ where they processed bones for grease
An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 years ago, showing that N