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Early-life sugar restriction causally reduces adult cancer incidence and slows biological aging

August 10, 2026

Excess sugar consumption is implicated in multiple cancers through insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, and metabolic reprogramming, yet whether…

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May 18, 2026

About nine out of every ten humans on Earth are righties. This strange imbalance stretches across cultures, continents,…

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Lascaux Cave is a Palaeolithic cave situated in southwestern France, near the village of Montignac in the Dordogne region, which houses some of the most famous examples of prehistoric cave paintings. Close to 600 paintings ??? mostly of animals - dot the interior walls of the cave in impressive compositions. Horses are the most numerous, but deer, aurochs, ibex, bison, and even some felines can also be found. Besides these paintings, which represent most of the major images, there are also around 1400 engravings of a similar order. The art, dated to c. 17,000 ??? c. 15,000 BCE, falls within the Upper Palaeolithic period and was created by the clearly skilled hands of humans living in the area at that time. The region seems to be a hotspot; many beautifully decorated caves have been discovered there. The exact meaning of the paintings at Lascaux or any of the other sites is still subject to discussion, but the prevailing view attaches a ritualistic or even spiritual component to them, hinting at the sophistication of their creators. Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1979, along with other prehistoric sites in its proximity. Valley, France.

May 16, 2026

“Visceral” ancient cave art in Lascaux, France thipjang/Getty Images AnimateMichael BondPan Macmillan UK, Pegasus US (August) Imagine that…

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May 4, 2026

New research suggests that international wildlife trade is upping the transmission of diseases from animals to humans, with…

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This Is the Exact Age Humans Hit Their Physical Peak

February 8, 2026

For anyone telling themselves their physical peak is long behind them (along with their 20s), a long-running Swedish…

SScience

Anthropologists Still Can’t Agree On The Answer

January 26, 2026

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s…

AArtificial intelligence

Humans&, a 'human-centric' AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, Google alums, raised $480M seed round

January 20, 2026

Humans&, a startup with a philosophy that AI should empower people rather than replace them, has raised $480…

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Natural selection exerted by historical coronavirus epidemic(s): comparative genetic analysis in China Kadoorie Biobank and UK Biobank | BMC Genomics

October 21, 2025

AppendixMethodsStatistics and reproducibility The details of each analysis are outlined in the methods section and all of the…

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Scientists find way to fertilise eggs made from genetic material of skin cells

September 30, 2025

Ying Cheong, a professor of reproductive medicine and honorary consultant in reproductive medicine and surgery at the University…

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AI books: How to tell a book wasn’t written by a human author

September 11, 2025

The Authors Guild in the United States said online marketplaces were becoming inundated with entirely AI-generated books that…

PPhysics

Humans could finally have found a way to defy Earth's gravity

September 1, 2025

Gravity is a key component to human life on Earth – but can this powerful force be defied?…

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This animal could rule the Earth when mankind becomes extinct

August 1, 2025

We’re all familiar to some extent with the animals and dinosaurs that have ruled the Earth over the…

Early-life sugar restriction causally reduces adult cancer incidence and slows biological aging

Scientists finally solve why humans became overwhelmingly right-handed

Animate by Michael Bond review: New Scientist recommends a smart new account of human exceptionalism

Spread of disease from animals to humans is being driven by wildlife trade, investigation shows

This Is the Exact Age Humans Hit Their Physical Peak

Anthropologists Still Can’t Agree On The Answer

Humans&, a ‘human-centric’ AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, Google alums, raised $480M seed round

Natural selection exerted by historical coronavirus epidemic(s): comparative genetic analysis in China Kadoorie Biobank and UK Biobank | BMC Genomics

Scientists find way to fertilise eggs made from genetic material of skin cells

AI books: How to tell a book wasn’t written by a human author

Humans could finally have found a way to defy Earth’s gravity

This animal could rule the Earth when mankind becomes extinct