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Efforts intensify to ferry large-molecule medicines into the brain, following the first FDA approval of an engineered biologic that overcomes delivery hurdles.

A newly discovered function for the protein Rb explains why inhibiting cell division can enhance the signalling mediated by the oestrogen receptor that drives breast cancer.

In one inbred strain of laboratory mice, late-life treatment with a GLP-1 drug extends lifespan. This effect might be more than just a consequence of calorie restriction.

Structures of a protein used to make crucial sugar-carrying lipids uncover a surprising reaction mechanism and a built-in brake that emerged during primate evolution.

Rapid technological advances are allowing researchers to identify thousands of proteins in individual cells, revealing the hidden mechanisms underlying development and disease.

His awe-inspiring proof for the resolution of singularities — such as peaks, edges and self-crossings — revolutionized algebraic geometry.

A deep dive into Newton’s major work, Principia Mathematica, reveals his hate of hypotheses and a habit of courting controversy.

Scientists are probing whether language models trained on historical data can reproduce creative breakthroughs.

Top artificial-intelligence models failed to predict the biological consequences of rewriting a virus's entire DNA code.

An experiment spots an energy flash similar to that of the long-sought weakly interacting massive particle, or WIMP.

Results bolster hopes that the drug daraxonrasib could prove effective against a variety of tumours.

The space observatory will have an expansive view of the Universe as well as sharp resolution.

Small trial targeted liver proteins that play a part in the regulation of lipid levels.

As the world warms, antibiotic-resistant bacteria are escaping from frozen sediments. But with new monitoring tools, we can identify problem genes and develop treatments before our pathogens acquire t...

Philosophers have pondered whether we live in a simulation for centuries. Now, Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans suggests a compelling rationale for why our reality might actually be syn...

Tina Gharavi takes the source novel and reimagines it to create the delicate and deeply felt film Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, says Bethan Ackerley

The sun and moon are positioned just right for us to see total solar eclipses, and the make-up of the universe is just right for life. Columnist Leah Crane wonders if it’s really all one big coinciden...

Fewer people are reading for pleasure, but getting lost in a good book has repeatedly been linked to substantial cognitive benefits

Following the possible recent detection of a dark matter particle, researchers have already come up with a veritable cornucopia of possible models for what sort of particle it might have been

The psychedelic drug LSD eased anxiety in a late-stage trial, paving the way for a probable approval in the US within the next two years

The most precise calculation yet of the electroweak force could help fix cracks in the standard model of particle physics

Just a couple of minutes of walking around or stretching every hour can improve memory and attention span

A new twist on nuclear fusion ignition emitted X-rays that are as bright as some stars, which could enable other extreme experiments

The front and back parts of our brain come from different progenitor cells in embryos, which suggests they evolved as separate entities

Mice with half a brain experienced significant improvements in their cognition and movement when they received brain organoids made from human stem cells

Marcus Aurelius told himself to be a good man but what did he mean by that?

Deleuze understands cinematic images as capable of imitating human thoughts visually, prompting questions about their role in our experience.

Deleuze transforms Leibniz's orderly, theological metaphysics into a dynamic philosophy of movement through a single concept: the Fold, in which inside and outside fold endlessly into each other.

Albert Camus’s poor health, obsession with death, and anxiety led him to write The Fall, a master study of moral narcissism.

A new study published in Archives of Sexual Behavior indicates that rigid thinking about gender isn’t limited to one political side. Both strictly traditional and highly progressive gender beliefs are strongly linked to authoritarianism.

By mapping brain activity like a moving weather system, researchers found that psychedelics consistently reduce the upward flow of sensory information into higher-order brain regions, offering new biological clues into how these drugs alter human consciousness.

A cancer diagnosis carries with it fear and upheaval. For many patients the cellular changes do not warrant the label