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Postmortem Study Finds Babesia and Bartonella DNA in Five of Six Young People

Oliver Grant • October 21, 2026

He had once been fit and well. Years later, he was living with fatigue, pain, memory difficulties and psychiatric symptoms....

Scientist in a lab coat examining a transparent sheet with digital sperm cell illustrations in a laboratory.

Study Reveals Hidden Evolutionary Battle in Human Sperm

Oliver Grant • October 21, 2026

The contest for supremacy begins well before sperm embark on their final frantic race towards an egg. Within the testicles,...

Scientist wearing gloves using a pipette over a petri dish with a digital neural map of a mouse in a lab.

Engineered Toxoplasma gondii Could Deliver Therapeutic Proteins Across the Blood-Brain Barrier

Oliver Grant • October 21, 2026

A parasite capable of breaching the blood-brain barrier and infecting its hosts’ brains may eventually provide a way to transport...

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How to Keep Flies Away From Summer Meals Without Industrial Insecticide

Oliver Grant • October 21, 2026

In France and elsewhere, summer meals often draw flies, attracted by food, sweet drinks and cooking smells. Published on 26...

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Study Finds Brain Mass and Body Mass Follow a Curved Relationship

Oliver Grant • October 21, 2026

The notion that an animal’s brain mass is linked to its body mass seems intuitive: bigger animals generally have larger...

Veterinarian in protective gear examining a test tube in a cowshed with dairy cows in the background.

H5N1 Bird Flu Is Increasingly Spreading Between Mammals

Oliver Grant • October 21, 2026

Health authorities have long suspected that bird flu is passing reliably between mammals, raising the possibility that persistent outbreaks could...

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Psilocybin Study Reveals Persistent Changes in the Brain

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

Once condemned for their psychedelic effects, magic mushrooms are drawing growing interest because the same mind-altering properties may offer treatment...

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New Study Maps Black Death Plague Returns Across Europe Until the 18th Century

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

Textbooks and history classes often present the Black Death as a single catastrophic bout of plague that swept through Europe...

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Mitochondria May Use Quantum Physics to Boost ATP Production

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

Every cell in the body relies on minute power stations to keep functioning. Mitochondria convert energy from food into ATP,...

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Aging Blood Stem Cells May Drive Inflammation Across the Body

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

Bones have a purpose beyond keeping the body supported. Within many bones lies bone marrow, a living production centre that...

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Young bird on the ground: what to do in spring

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

In spring, a lone young bird in the grass often moves residents. Yet human intervention can disrupt a natural learning...

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Scientists Built Miniature Brains That Can Experience The Passage Of Time

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

Our brains contain 86 billion neurons and trillions of connections between them, generating a coordinated tempest of electrical and chemical...

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Domestic scleroderma in France: a small insect that can reveal a hidden timber attack

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

In France, finding this small insect in a home can reveal a hidden attack on timber by other species. Published...

Elderly man receiving IV therapy in hospital, viewing health data on a tablet, with nurse assisting nearby.

CTX310 CRISPR Treatment Could Lower LDL Cholesterol After One Dose

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

Excess levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol in the blood - low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol - can help plaques accumulate in the...

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How Long Can the Plant Kingdom Survive on Earth?

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

The plant kingdom has already endured five mass extinctions since plants first colonised dry land around 470 million years ago....

Two medical professionals examining a coloured brain scan on a digital monitor in a clinical room.

Long COVID Study Finds Fewer Dopamine Signals in the Brain

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

COVID-19 can leave brain injuries that remain detectable on scans years later in people experiencing neurological symptoms linked to long...

Scientist examining a large model of a cockroach on a rock with a digital illustration of the insect nearby.

324-Million-Year-Old Fossil Revealed as New Insect Species

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

Few cases of scientific misidentification are as remarkable as this one. A fossil approximately 324 million years old, long believed...

Scientist in lab coat analysing brain scan on laptop with mouse and syringes on lab desk.

RAPIDO Brain Implant Controlled From Chicago Reaches South Korea

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

Could a scientist carry out an intervention in a brain experiment on the opposite side of the globe without ever...

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Sixth Mass Extinction Is Cutting Branches From the Tree of Life

Oliver Grant • October 20, 2026

Human activity is severing whole limbs from the tree of life, much like the comet that struck the dinosaurs -...

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Bluespotted ribbontail rays make blue with unusual nanostructures

Oliver Grant • October 19, 2026

Bluespotted ribbontail rays generate blue in an unusual manner, according to a new study. The research finds that novel nanostructures...

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Malaria Drug Resistance Is Becoming Increasingly Complex in Ethiopia

Oliver Grant • October 19, 2026

Microorganisms can evolve at extraordinary speed, giving them an advantage in a world where microbes prey on other microbes. As...