UChicago scientists find bubonic plague had effect on human genome

Many men rape; many men giggle encouragingly, or shrug indifferently, when their friends rape. Many men rape, and few seem to think that it’s a very big deal

Austrian MP Meri Disoski is calling on national parliaments and the European Parliament to coordinate their scrutiny of online platforms after research found 138 women from EU national parliaments ass...

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01380-1Urban soils must move from providing single, engineered functions to supporting multifunctionality. Managing their microbiomes could simultaneously strengthen climate regulation, water retention, pollutant removal, biodiversity and human health, but only if biological restoration is coupled to risk assessment, long-term monitoring and equitable access.

Anoxic live-cell imaging shows actin-dependent crawling motility and dynamic protrusions in Asgard archaea, providing insights into cellular innovations that may have contributed to eukaryotic evoluti...

Once thought extinct, takahē are making a bold return to the wild — this time in the breathtaking Rees Valley.

Ocean Census and Schmidt Ocean Institute fast-track South Atlantic discoveries in Buenos Aires, as a viral deep-sea expedition leads to new species breakthroughs.

Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming. Known as the driest nonpolar desert, it's now covered in flowers due to heavy rains from the El Niño weath...

A drone view of an orangutan hanging on a tree inside a High Conservation Value (HCV) concession area of a palm-oil plantation affected by wildfires, before being rescued in Laman Satong village, Keta...

Viele, der durch die jüngsten Kämpfe Vertriebenen, haben keinen ausreichenden Zugang zu medizinischer Versorgung.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are transforming the management of obesity and metabolic disease, with important implications across women’s health.