Researchers have developed an AI-designed vaccine that could protect against a broad range of coronaviruses, including future strains that have not yet emerged.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge say the project marks the first time an Artificial Intelligence-designed vaccine...
Among the most intriguing practices in Ancient Greek medicine was the use of spiderwebs—and even live spiders—in healing treatments. Ancient medicine often surprises modern readers with remedies that seem unusual at first glance, yet many of these traditional approaches...
More than 5,300 years after his death, Ötzi the Iceman is helping scientists uncover a hidden world of cold-adapted yeasts. Researchers have discovered that the famous mummy's skin and stomach contain yeasts that likely colonized his body shortly after...
For decades, conventional wisdom held that bread didn't exist among Paleolithic people and was a relatively recent human innovation, an agricultural byproduct that emerged with the rise of farming in the Neolithic era, roughly 10,000 years ago. Recent archaeological...
A 4,000-year-old child’s skull discovered in Uzbekistan is offering rare evidence of one of the oldest known surgery in Asia, shedding new light on medical knowledge in the Bronze Age.
The remains belonged to a child who died at about...
Most of us assume that looking after our teeth is a modern habit shaped by supermarket shelves, mint-flavored ads, and childhood dentist scares, but a surviving Ancient Greek toothpaste recipe suggests otherwise.
Sitting quietly in the Austrian National Library in...
DEET has been the leading defense against mosquito bites for decades, but a new study suggests the world's most widely used insect repellent may not always trigger the same response in mosquitoes.
Researchers found that mosquitoes can learn to associate...
Sexually transmitted infections, including syphilis and gonorrhoea, reached record levels across Europe in 2024, according to new data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The agency said both infections recorded their highest numbers in more...
Imagine being a doctor whose patients literally think you’re trying to poison them. This is the surprising reality many Greek physicians faced in Ancient Rome. Sure, the Roman Republic conquered Greece on the battlefield, but Greek culture survived and...
Scientists say Ozempic and similar GLP-1 drugs may reshape the brain, with emerging research pointing to effects that reach well beyond weight loss and appetite control.
The discovery was coincidental. Allison Shapiro, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado...
A new cancer injection has shown promising results in patients whose disease had stopped responding to standard treatments, with doctors reporting that the therapy eliminated tumors in some cases. The treatment, called amivantamab, was tested in an international clinical...
Long before Newton and Descartes shaped our modern view of science, Ancient Greek philosophers were already thinking about the laws that govern the natural world. Contrary to what many scholars believed for decades, new research shows that several Ancient...
How pigeons find their way home across hundreds of miles has puzzled scientists for decades. A new study published in the journal Science suggests the answer may lie in an unexpected organ: the liver. Researchers found that specialized immune...
A new study has found signs of biological immortality in a marine animal called Psolus fabricii, a sea cucumber from the cold Atlantic Ocean whose detached body parts survived and grew independently for more than three years.
Researchers found that...
A new DNA analysis of the mysterious “conehead” mummies discovered in Peru has failed to fully explain the origins of the ancient remains, leaving one of archaeology’s most debated discoveries unresolved.
Researchers from Liberty University studied teeth taken from the...
