Exclusive: Inside the clinic offering young blood to cure ageing
27 September 2017
In California, a start-up is offering blood plasma transfusions for $8000 to people who hope to turn back the clock. Is it safe, and will it work?
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
The brain's 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness
27 September 2017
We’ve glimpsed mind-bending geometric structures that fleetingly encode our thoughts, memories and feelings – and could solve the greatest mystery of all
The fossil finder extraordinaire who's rewriting human evolution
27 September 2017
Lee Berger’s stunning discoveries of huge caches of ancient bones are overturning ideas about our origins, but not everyone likes his methods
Genetically modified wheat used to make coeliac-friendly bread
26 September 2017
Some glutens are harmful to coeliacs, but others have no effect. A genetically modified wheat lacks only the harmful ones, and can be used to make safer bread
A cheap pollution sensor will keep you off the dirtiest roads
26 September 2017
This wearable device reveals exposure to the three worst pollutants, linking it with online maps to help you avoid poor air, a bit like a Fitbit for pollution
Another lost tribe feared massacred - how can we save the rest?
21 September 2017
Should we leave uncontacted tribes alone or try to usher them into the modern world to protect them from violence and disease, wonders Curtis Abraham
Hurricane Maria confirms dire warnings for 2017 hurricane season
20 September 2017
As Hurricane Maria continues to cause destruction, predictions that 2017 could be the worst hurricane season since 2010 are being borne out
