Some habitable worlds orbiting dead stars could be kept alive for aeons thanks to a quirk of Einstein’s theory of gravity
What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?
Can you escape your genetic inheritance, and do lifestyle changes actually make a difference? Daniel Cossins set out to understand what the evidence on Alzheimer’s really means for him
Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio for work on immune tolerance
The 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries around how we keep our immune system under control
Would a ban on genetic engineering of wildlife hamper conservation?
Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are crucial for preserving biodiversity
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Prepare to enjoy four spectacular supermoons in a row
If you are a fan of the moon, then the next four months will give you something special to watch out for, says Abigail Beall
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Do black holes exist and, if not, what have we really been looking at?
Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if they are instead gravastars, fuzzballs or something else entirely
The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab
Fermented foods make up a third of what we eat and were mostly discovered by accident centuries ago. Now a fermentation revolution is promising extraordinary new flavours and novel ways to boost gut health
Your happiness in life may not be U-shaped – here’s how it could vary
We thought happiness peaked at the beginning and end of life, but a study from Germany suggests a more pessimistic outlook for our later years
There is an odd streak in the universe – and we still don’t know why
Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation from the big bang persists even after a new analysis from radio telescopes