Medicine

A study of more than half a million blood samples has allowed scientists to pinpoint the risk factors for a rare type...

A trainee clinical geneticist talks to a mother whose child suffered from a genetic disease...

Video games that are specifically designed to test and improve children’s social and emotional skills could enable...

Smartphone apps and genetic studies are teaming up to fight childhood obesity.

Scientists have discovered that a single severe head injury can lead to dementia

Decision-making is part of daily life but in many situations, from deciding whether to hit the snooze button on your...

Personalised smartphone applications and wearable technologies that are attuned to the user’s state of mind are...

Have you ever wondered how The Naked Scientists make science so accessible and interesting? The Naked Scientists’...

How a few students, an idea, and some maggots became the future of food...

Can you make clothes from food waste?

Expectant mothers often face a dilemma about whether to take medication when they fall ill due to fears it might harm...

The impish smile and garrulous, back-slapping charm that soothes the most anxious patient...

They aren’t what most people think they are, Human eyes...

Research into the remarkable regenerative powers of worms and the insights they can give into battling diseases could...

Bioinks containing stem cells are being used to 3D print living tissues that can be inserted into the body and provoke...

To understand what leads people into violent extremism, scientists are turning the question on its head and asking why...

Not all doom and gloom: new research offers a tantalising alternative to a lifetime’s consumption of pulses and avocado.

A new way to farm indoors using different wavelengths of light could boost the taste of fruits, salads and herbs, while...

Europe’s population is ageing rapidly, yet the majority of car safety equipment is tested using dummies modelled on...

To feed more than 9 billion people by 2050, farmers will have to produce 70% more food. Here's how genetics can...

The message has always been clear: make sure to finish your full course of antibiotics. Or else?

Noise is one of the biggest pollutants in modern cities but the risk is often overlooked despite being linked to an...

In March 2011, my life took a turn when a simple blood sample would reveal whether or not I would have the rare,...

Food fraud, where different or low-quality food is deliberately mislabelled and sold as high-quality goods, risks the...