More than a century after their discovery, we still don’t really know what blood types are for. Do they really matter? Carl zimmer investigates.
Can Meditation Really Slow Aging?
Is there real science in the spiritualism of meditation? Jo marchant meets a nobel prize-winner who thinks so.
Is there real science in the spiritualism of meditation? Jo marchant meets a nobel prize-winner who thinks so.
Brazil’s Billion-Dollar Gym Experiment
Can a grand vision of 4,000 free public gyms overcome inequality and fight brazil’s health crisis? Catherine DE lange reports.
Can a grand vision of 4,000 free public gyms overcome inequality and fight brazil’s health crisis? Catherine DE lange reports.
Ebola: The Road to Zero
The worst of the ebola epidemic may be over but the world health organization has declared that life in Sierra Leone, as in other ebola-affected west African counties, can only return to normal when transmission of the virus ceases and cases drop to zero. Unfortunately, not everyone in Sierra Leone is so concerned. Mark Honigsbaum reports.
The worst of the ebola epidemic may be over but the world health organization has declared that life in Sierra Leone, as in other ebola-affected west African countries, can only return to normal when transmission of the virus ceases and cases drop to zero. Unfortunately, not everyone in Sierra Leone is so concerned. Mark Honigsbaum reports.
Hunting the Silent Killer
Hepatitis c has a cure, but how do we find those who need it? Patrick strudwick reports on one attempt to identify some of the estimated 100,000 undiagnosed people in the UK.
Hepatitis c has a cure, but how do we find those who need it? Patrick strudwick reports on one attempt to identify some of the estimated 100,000 undiagnosed people in the UK.
One Virus, Four Lives: The Reality of Being HIV Positive
What does it mean to be HIV positive in the UK today? Patrick strudwick meets four people living with the virus to find out.
What does it mean to be HIV positive in the UK today? Patrick strudwick meets four people living with the virus to find out.
Medicine’s Dirty Secret
Bryn Nelson gets to the bottom of an emerging – and often shocking – therapy.
Bryn Nelson gets to the bottom of an emerging – and often shocking – therapy.
The Future of Sex?
Once derided as being like a plastic bag with the erotic appeal of a jellyfish, the female condom is being reinvented as the next big thing in safe sex. Emily Anthes investigates.
Once derided as being like a plastic bag with the erotic appeal of a jellyfish, the female condom is being reinvented as the next big thing in safe sex. Emily Anthes investigates.
A Plutocratic Proposal
If mega-rich people could buy places on clinical trials, would this help drive forward the development of new treatments that could benefit everyone? Alexander Masters thinks it might just work.
If mega-rich people could buy places on clinical trials, would this help drive forward the development of new treatments that could benefit everyone? Alexander Masters thinks it might just work.
How Menstrual Taboos are Putting Lives at Risk
What is life like when having your period puts your health at risk and means you are shunned by society? Rose George reports from Nepal and Bangladesh on menstrual taboos.
What is life like when having your period puts your health at risk and means you are shunned by society? Rose George reports from Nepal and Bangladesh on menstrual taboos.
Made for the Marathon?
Hayley Birch tackles the marathon with the power of science – but will she beat her target time?
Hayley Birch tackles the marathon with the power of science – but will she beat her target time?
In Conversation With… Jane Goodall
As Jane Goodall turns 80, Henry Nicholls talks to her about her remarkable career studying chimpanzee behaviour, her animal welfare activism, and accusations of plagiarism in her latest book.
As Jane Goodall turns 80, Henry Nicholls talks to her about her remarkable career studying chimpanzee behaviour, her animal welfare activism, and accusations of plagiarism in her latest book.
Killer Dust
Why is asbestos still killing people? Nic Fleming finds out in a twisting tale of industry cover-ups and misinformation that spans decades.
Why is asbestos still killing people? Nic Fleming finds out in a twisting tale of industry cover-ups and misinformation that spans decades.
In Conversation With… Steven Pinker
Oliver Burkeman explores human nature, violence, feminism and religion with one of the world’s most controversial cognitive scientists. Can he dent Steven Pinker’s optimism?
Oliver Burkeman explores human nature, violence, feminism and religion with one of the world’s most controversial cognitive scientists. Can he dent Steven Pinker’s optimism?
The Alzheimer’s Enigma
The cause of Alzheimer’s disease has troubled the science world’s best detectives. Michael Regnier asks: can such a mystery really be solved if we gather enough clues?
The cause of Alzheimer’s disease has troubled the science world’s best detectives. Michael Regnier asks: can such a mystery really be solved if we gather enough clues?
Hungary’s Cold War With Polio
Trapped by the Cold War and scarred after a failed revolution, Hungary fought one of its greatest battles against polio. Penny Bailey reports.
Trapped by the Cold War and scarred after a failed revolution, Hungary fought one of its greatest battles against polio. Penny Bailey reports.