by John McMillan | Oct 3, 2025 | Health
Ayse Burcin Baskurt, University of East London Waiting can be boring, which is why we typically do anything we can to avoid it. We fill moments where we have to wait with something to keep our minds busy – such as scrolling on social media, reading the news or...
by John McMillan | Oct 3, 2025 | Cancer
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University Removing lymph nodes during cancer surgery has saved countless lives in many tumour types. Yet recent research is challenging parts of this long-standing practice. Imagine your body’s immune defences as a city, and lymph nodes...
by John McMillan | Oct 3, 2025 | Aging, Diet
Rachel Woods, University of Lincoln When María Branyas Morera died in 2024 at the age of 117, she left more than memories. She left science a gift: samples of her microbiome. Researchers discovered her gut was as diverse as someone decades younger: rich in beneficial...
by John McMillan | Oct 3, 2025 | Aging
Abigail Dove, Karolinska Institutet We spend nearly a third of our lives asleep, yet sleep is anything but wasted time. Far from being passive downtime, it is an active and essential process that helps restore the body and protect the brain. When sleep is disrupted,...
by John McMillan | Oct 3, 2025 | COVID-19
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan The world’s epidemiologists are staring at the wrong part of the virus. For four and a half years, the scientific community has tracked every mutation on SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein. This protein is the virus’s key...
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