Category: Life Sciences
Vascular Dementia: Advancing Research and Awareness
Vascular dementia impacts 150,000 people in the UK, but this diagnosis leaves many confused. Let’s explore what it is and where current research stands.
Should you trust your intuition?
Do you want to simply eat anything and whenever you want while staying seemingly “healthy”? Intuitive eating trend boldly rejects any sort of restrictions, promising to do wonders.
Mothers are doin’ it for themselves: when males are optional in animal reproduction
Birds do it, bees do it; even water fleas do it! Reproduction without fertilisation is more common than you might think.
Uncovering the mysteries of protein structure with AI
The incredible use of AI models to predict protein structure and folding.
Ants self-medicate in response to infection
Ants change their feeding behaviour in response to infection to incorporate a source of antiseptic compound.
Hacking Cell-to-Cell Communication
What can the secret messages sent between our cells tell us about disease? And can we hack this messaging system for therapeutic benefit?
Jaws of the Jurassic: The gory evolution of bloodsucking lampreys
Flesh-eating lampreys from the Jurassic era are challenging the way we think about lamprey (and vertebrate) biology.
