Imagine you could teleport to any forest on Earth. When you land, you have a 50 per cent chance of being within half a kilometre of the forest’s edge. That is how badly our planet’s forests have been sliced and […]

Improving on a previous attempt, scientists have developed a new strategy that could potentially be used to re-engineer a patient’s own immune system cells to fight HIV. The approach, described in PLOS Pa […]

It works by suppressing appetite: study

A diet rich in proteins may help prevent and treat obesity by reducing food intake, a study suggests.

A component of dietary protein, phenylalanine, can suppress appetite […]

Video gaming is clearly a popular form of entertainment, with video gamers collectively spending 3 billion hours per week in front of their screens. Due to their widespread use, scientists have researched how […]

Most of us know that a good night’s sleep is key for happiness and productivity, and that conversely, a night of poor sleep can have negative effects on our performance during the day. But a new study manages to […]

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In 2016, Tashira, 22, of Puerto Rico got pregnant with her second child. Tashira didn’t plan to have another baby so soon, but she got pregnant when she ran out of birth control pills. During o […]