Science & Health
How too much security threatens the era of global science collaboration
Amid heightened tensions between the United States and China, the two countries signed a bilateral science and technology agreement on 13 ...
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If correlation doesn’t imply causation, how do scientists figure out why things happen?
Most of us have heard the phrase “correlation does not equal causation”. But understanding how scientists move beyond identifying correlations ...
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The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes, to Lucy and us (Part 2)
This article is the second part in a two-part series. Read the first part here. Homo erectus (about 1.8m up to ...
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The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes, to Lucy and us (Part 1)
This article is the first in a two-part series. In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the ...
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What will AI really mean for science?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken centre stage in basic science. The five winners of the 2024 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and ...
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Understanding the evolution of tipping points
Dying coral reefs, rainforests transforming into savannas, grasslands turning into deserts – these are ecosystem “tipping points”, boundary lines we’re ...
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The American diet: Serving up sickness
Most of you will be aware of the acronym ‘SAD’, standing for the Standard American Diet. Yes? That diet, since ...
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How science really works
This article is part of our ‘Celebrate Science’ feature series to mark National Science Week, 10-18 August 2024. A man ...
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Why ‘science communication’ needs to harness human curiosity
This article is part of our ‘Celebrate Science’ feature series to mark National Science Week, 10-18 August 2024. Science communication ...
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From my brush with breast cancer, I know the value of science – and the need to defend it – more than ever
This article is part of our ‘Celebrate Science’ feature series to mark National Science Week, 10-18 August 2024. Many people ...
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Timing of embryo split may explain sexual orientation in twins
Same-gender sexual attraction is a feature of human sexuality. Estimates of same-gender proclivity vary from the original Kinsey reports of ...
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Will AI help or hinder trust in science?
In the past year, generative artificial intelligence tools — such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and OpenAI’s video generation tool Sora — have captured the public’s ...
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