The medical cannabis debate is a chance to put science before dogma
1 August 2018
Neither extreme prohibition nor extreme liberalism is a sensible drugs policy – on medical cannabis and elsewhere, let’s see what the facts say
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Time travel to Augusts past: cold cod, thawing mammoths, frozen nerves
1 August 2018
Old Scientist returns to topics we covered in 1961, 1981 and 1994 and finds that heatwaves were definitely not on the agenda
This doctor risked her career to end Flint’s water-poisoning crisis
1 August 2018
The people of Flint, Michigan, were drinking poisoned water, and the authorities were doing nothing. That’s when Mona Hanna-Attisha decided to take action
One drink a day might be enough to stop dementia by flushing the brain
1 August 2018
Light drinking helps prevent dementia, and now we may know why: it revs up the brain’s waste disposal system
VR headset helps people who are legally blind see again
1 August 2018
A VR headset has helped people who are legally blind see again. While it didn’t cure their blindness, they were able to resume activities they previously found impossible
Women have more miscarriages than live births over their lifetime
30 July 2018
A study that brings together many different findings concludes that miscarriages are even more common than we thought
Drug to treat endometriosis pain first to be approved in over a decade
27 July 2018
A new drug relieves pelvic pain in women with endometriosis, but is expensive and can cause side-effects like hot flushes, headaches and nausea
The scientific guide to stockpiling food for a 'no deal' Brexit
26 July 2018
In a post-Brexit culinary landscape, lamb with turnips and tinned carrots could be on the menu. You probably also want to buy a chest freezer
Our buildings make this heatwave worse – here’s how to cool them down
26 July 2018
Many buildings in cool countries are poorly designed to cope with heat, and new homes and offices are even worse. Thousands will die if we don’t fix them
Why cuts in your mouth heal 10 times faster than skin wounds
25 July 2018
Wounds in the mouth really do heal much faster than cuts to the skin, and it may be because mouth cells are genetically primed for healing
