Student suicides in Japan reached a record 538 deaths in 2025, with school-related problems accounting for nearly half of identified motives, as doctors and survivors warn that the return to school after
Researchers have found that merely seeing someone who appears sick can activate the body’s immune system, as if preparing for infection. The study, published on July 28 in Nature Neuroscience, reveals how
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For anyone who has ever felt groggy and disoriented after hitting the snooze button, science may now have an answer for why. A groundbreaking study published today in Current Biology has revealed
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A groundbreaking study led by Dr. Li Chuanyun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has revealed a surprising double-edged role of human-specific genes. These genes,
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Cancer is rapidly becoming a manageable condition rather than a fatal diagnosis, thanks to a wave of transformative medical breakthroughs, according to Professor Sir Stephen Powis, the outgoing National Medical Director of
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A sweeping new genomic study published in Nature has uncovered compelling evidence that many of the most notorious infectious diseases—such as plague and leprosy—made the leap to humans only after ancient communities
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Scientists have sequenced proteins from fossils over 20 million years old, dramatically extending the molecular fossil record—and potentially opening the door to studying dinosaurs at the molecular level. As reported by Nature,
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In a groundbreaking development that could redefine the future of regenerative medicine, Chinese scientists have successfully regenerated damaged ear tissue in mice by reactivating what they call an “evolutionarily disabled genetic switch.”
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Sir Pascal Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca, has expressed a private desire to move the company’s primary stock market listing from London to the United States, according to sources cited by The
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In a landmark move to promote legal identity, protect human rights, and strengthen governance across the region, governments from Asia and the Pacific have renewed their collective commitment to ensuring that every
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In a major leap for cancer diagnostics, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a highly sensitive blood test capable of detecting cancerous mutations years before symptoms emerge—potentially transforming early cancer detection
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In a groundbreaking experiment reported by Nature, researchers have successfully grown beating heart tissue containing human cells inside pig embryos — a major milestone in the emerging field of human–animal chimaera research.
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In a remarkable scientific advancement published in Nature, researchers have developed a brain–computer interface (BCI) that enables a man with a severe speech disability to speak expressively and even sing — using
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A groundbreaking study published in Neuron on June 5 reveals how the brain tells the difference between real and imagined images — a cognitive skill most of us take for granted but
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Delegates at a United Nations meeting hosted by UNESCO in Paris have released the world’s first global recommendations aimed at safeguarding mental privacy and user rights in brain-interface technologies. The guidelines emerge
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In the sugarcane fields of El Salvador, men like Oscar rise before dawn to swing machetes under an unforgiving sun. For decades, this brutal labour has quietly claimed lives, not with accidents
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