Just 1 minute of vigorous exercise a day could add years to your life
Briefly walking up a steep hill counts as exercise Greg Balfour Evans/Alamy If you don’t exercise for the sake of…
Steroids are everywhere on social media – but how dangerous are they?
South_agency/Getty Images If you have swiped through fitness-related content on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok lately, chances are that an influencer…
Rapamycin may extend lifespans by protecting against DNA damage
Illustration of the drug rapamycin (red) blocking a protein called mTOR (blue) Science Photo Library/Alamy The drug rapamycin’s anti-ageing effects…
Hepatitis B vaccine linked with a lower risk of developing diabetes
Immunisation against hepatitis B is routinely offered across much of the world Mehmet Salih Guler / Getty Images The hepatitis…
The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds
Ian Burkhart was on holiday with friends in 2010 when his life changed forever. He dived into shallow water and…
Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids
It may be a good idea to leave your phone outside of the bathroom Ekaterina Demidova/Getty Images Do you use…
A single dose of LSD seems to reduce anxiety
Can psychedelics help treat generalised anxiety disorder? Science Photo Library/Alamy A single dose of the psychedelic drug LSD seems to…
DNA analysis reveals West African ancestry in early medieval England
The skeleton of a girl from Updown cemetery, who was found to have West African ancestry D. Sayer et al.…
Fossil teeth may come from a new species of early hominin
A model of an Australopithecus hominin Credit: Cro Magnon/Alamy Thirteen hominin teeth have been discovered in Ethiopia in layers of…
Introvert, extravert, otrovert? There’s a new personality type in town
When I was growing up, it was customary for children to join the scouts once they reached fifth grade, around…