Cesarean section or c-section babies have a different microbiome than those born vaginally, according to a new study published on 18 September in Nature, the most comprehensive to date on the
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A new article published on 18 September in Nature presents a set of “troubling charts” outlining the lack of progress nations have made in limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The infographic
A more ambitious shift in diets around the world will be needed to meet both sustainability and dietary health goals, according to a new study published last month in Global
Some candidate cancer drugs fail in clinical trials while others succeed in unintended ways. According to a new paper published on 11 September in Science Translational Medicine, many candidate drugs
Progress on health equality in Europe has stalled, according to a first-ever Health Equity Status Report (2019) released on 10 September by the World Health Organization (WHO). In many of
Where do all the women go? Institutional ‘report cards’ highlight lack of gender parity in STEM
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Women make important contributions to science but are consistently under-represented at all levels. Indeed, a new study published on 5 September in Cell Press shows a lack of women in
A cocktail of drugs — including a growth hormone and two diabetes medications — may be able to reverse the so-called ‘epigenetic clock’, a measure of biological age, according to
The so-called “extreme male brain” hypothesis is one of the proposed triggers for autism and thought to be a result of higher prenatal exposure to testosterone. However, a new paper
Carbon taxes not sufficient to meet the targets set out by the Paris Agreement, according to a new study published on 4 September in the journal Joule (1). Putting a
In July, a Japanese woman in her forties received the first-ever corneal transplant made from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) — adult skin cells that have been reprogrammed into stem