At least 107,356 species are involved in international wildlife trade, more than twice the number previously estimated, according to a study published in Science Advances. The research, which brings together records from
The suppression of Indigenous fire management after British colonisation probably transformed large areas of southeastern Australia into dense forests containing more combustible vegetation, contributing to the larger and more intense bushfires experienced
More
A common human gut bacterium can produce a molecule that lowers cholesterol and reduces the build-up of arterial plaque, according to a study published in Nature. Experiments in mice found that Bacteroides
More
Henri Kagan of the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a century-old question about how chemical
More
American scientist Karl Deisseroth and German researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that transformed scientists’ ability to study the brain
More
Around 5.8 million refugee children did not attend school in 2025, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, leaving 44 per cent of the world’s 13.2 million school-age refugee children without
More
China is converting vacant primary schools and kindergartens into elderly care facilities as falling birth rates and a shrinking youth population leave classrooms empty while demand for services for older people increases.
More
Researchers in Europe are developing a 3D bioprinting platform that can create living bone, fat and muscle tissue by combining stem cells with genetically engineered microorganisms. The five-year PRISM-LT project, coordinated by
More
China is offering 15-year research grants to a select group of exceptionally talented young scientists as it seeks to strengthen basic research and accelerate technological development. The initiative, announced by Dou Xiankang,
More
Hearts appear to change their biological age after transplantation, with young donor organs showing accelerated ageing in older recipients and older hearts displaying signs of rejuvenation when placed in younger bodies, according
More
Vaping during childhood and adolescence may carry a broader range of health risks than previously recognised, with evidence linking e-cigarette use among young people to nicotine dependence, respiratory and oral-health problems, poorer
More
A new biography of Stephen Hawking presents the renowned physicist not simply as a scientific celebrity who overcame severe disability, but as a researcher whose relationships, intellectual clarity and determination were central
More
China has emerged as the leading centre for clinical development and testing of a new generation of CAR-T-cell therapies that could eventually be used against cancer and autoimmune diseases, according to an
More
Two teenagers were killed in a shooting in the Chulavista neighbourhood of Cuernavaca on Saturday night, according to the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM), which said the victims were
More
An increasing number of doctoral graduates from China’s leading universities and prestigious overseas institutions are taking jobs as secondary school teachers, as a growing supply of highly trained researchers collides with intense
More
For Mongolian herder Ganchimeg, a GPS tracker recently helped avert the loss of her entire flock after hungry sheep strayed towards a salt lake in the Gobi Desert. With vegetation scarce, the
More