Clare Watson
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Popular Artificial Sweetener Appears to Make Blood 'Stickier', Linked to Stroke Risk
The suspected health harms of artificial sweeteners are piling up – and now a new study has linked one kind of sugar substitute to higher risks of heart health problems. → Read More
Experimental Surgery-Free Treatment 'Shrinks' Endometriosis Lesions in Animals
A new antibody treatment for endometriosis yet to be tested in humans appears to do what existing therapies cannot: shrink the potentially painful lesions and adhesions that plaster themselves throughout millions of bodies around the world. → Read More
Two Stroke Survivors Move Their Hands Again After Experimental Therapy
Two stroke patients have been able to move their hands again after an experimental procedure that feels 'like a tickle' temporarily restored weakened connections between their upper limbs, brain, and spinal cord. → Read More
Malaria-Carrying Mosquitos Are Expanding Their Territory Almost 3 Miles a Year
Scientists have long warned that climate change would push species into new territories, with the march of disease-carrying mosquitos among their gravest concerns. → Read More
Cocaine Addiction Makes The Human Brain 'Age' Faster, Scientists Warn
Our brains experience a litany of changes as we age, right down to the way its DNA is translated. → Read More
Oldest Stone Tools Ever Found Were Not Made by Human Hands, Study Suggests
Archaeologists have revealed what could be the oldest stone tools ever found, and they think someone other than our closest Homo ancestors may have made them. → Read More
Millions Are at Risk of Flooding Due to Climate Change – But Not Where You'd Think
Glaciers are melting, putting the lives of millions around the world at risk of flash flooding, according to a new study. → Read More
New Prototype Device Generates Hydrogen From Untreated Seawater
Scientists have found a clever way to generate hydrogen straight from salty seawater. → Read More
Embers of an Ancient Inferno Pinpoint The Worst Extinction in Earth's History
The link between ancient volcanic eruptions and the most severe extinction event the world has ever seen just got even stronger. → Read More
'Funky Worm' Fossil Helps Explain The Mysterious Origins of Amphibians
Caecilians aren't exactly your run-of-the-mill amphibian. → Read More
Major Blow as Experimental HIV Vaccine Fails in Late Clinical Trial
The decades-long quest to develop a HIV vaccine has been dealt another major blow, with the 'last true candidate in development' failing to prevent infections any better than a placebo in late-stage clinical trials. → Read More
Earth's Inner Core May Right Now Be in The Process of Changing Direction
Few of us give much thought to Earth's swirling, spinning contents until some sudden movement, an earthquake or a volcanic eruption, jolts us to our senses. → Read More
Losing Focus May Actually Boost Learning, Study Finds
Losing focus for a brief moment might actually help boost learning by giving our brains a quick reprieve from the task at hand. → Read More
Some People's Brains Are Wrinklier Than Others, And Now We Know Why
The folds of the human brain are instantly recognizable. → Read More
The Night Sky Is Twice as Bright as It Was Only 8 Years Ago
As city folk sleep blanketed by the warm glow of artificial light that surrounds urban centers, stargazers feel the chill of the night sky and see all its constellations being smudged into a fuzzy blur by those same urban lights. → Read More
Firing a Laser Into The Sky Can Divert Lightning, Experiment Shows
Don't try this at home, but beaming a laser into the sky could avert lightning strikes, according to a new study from a team of scientists who experimented with the lasers atop a Swiss mountain where a great big metal telecommunications tower stands. → Read More
T. Rex Was a Lot Brainier Than We Thought, Researcher Claims
A new study suggests Tyrannosaurus rex had the brains to match its brawn. → Read More
This Prescription Drug Appears to Recover Lost Memories in Mice
A name on the tip of your tongue. → Read More
One of The Deadliest Human Diseases Is Far Older Than We Ever Realized
Smallpox has left an unmistakable mark on human history, killing at least 300 million people in the 20th century alone. → Read More
Scientists Find Out If a Lashing Dinosaur Tail Could Generate a Sonic Boom
Every once in a while, scientists embark on a study to test some weird and wacky hypothesis that makes you wonder why. → Read More