The most trusted meerkats are those with impeccable reputations
23 August 2018
Small foraging animals often put their trust in high-ranking or old group members to watch for danger – but meerkats trust sentries based on reputation
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Exposure to insecticide DDT linked to having a child with autism
16 August 2018
Although DDT has been banned for decades in many countries, exposure to its breakdown products may be influencing whether mothers have autistic babies
The fading American dream may be behind rise in US suicides
27 June 2018
Shrinking life chances plus lack of a social safety net may have left middle-aged Americans more vulnerable to suicide than peers in other rich nations
France going veggie would save 1m litres of water per person each year
10 September 2018
Nationwide conversion to vegetarianism in France, Germany or the UK would halve the amount of water needed to produce each country’s food
We've cracked the brain's emotion code and it may help depression
10 September 2018
Eavesdropping on someone’s mood in real time is a major first step towards permanent brain implants to both detect and treat depression
Apple peel drug makes mice live longer by targeting a cause of ageing
9 July 2018
We’re beginning to understand the causes of ageing and how to reverse it – thanks to an extract from apple peel that helps improves strength in elderly mice
We've identified the brain cells that let you control urination
13 August 2018
We’ve all been there – desperately holding on for a toilet. Now the brain cells that help us do it have been identified, which may lead to new incontinence treatments
We can tweak immune cells to be much better at wiping out HIV
8 June 2018
Studying the immune cells of people who can keep HIV under control in their bodies has yielded new insights that might enable all people with HIV to do the same
A whole new type of cancer therapy helps treat liver cancer
4 June 2018
By making a gene in the liver work harder, a completely new type of drug has shown promise for treating cases of advanced liver cancer in a small trial
GM golden rice gets approval from food regulators in the US
30 May 2018
The genetically modified rice, designed to prevent blindness in undernourished children, was judged safe to eat last week by the US Food and Drug Administration