The ancestor of all creatures on Earth lived a lukewarm lifestyle
5 February 2019
We thought that the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all living things was adapted to live in scorching heat, but a new study suggests it was missing a key gene
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Scientists studied a ‘haunted house’ to understand why we love horror
5 February 2019
To understand why many of us enjoy being scared, a team of scientists studied the people visiting a haunted house set in a dilapidated factory
US and Russia face nuclear arms race as both threaten key treaty
5 February 2019
US president Donald Trump says he will pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which limits certain missiles
Women seem to have younger brains than men the same age
5 February 2019
Women have a brain age 3.8 years younger than men on average, which may help explain why they are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later years
Climate change is making it harder to grow fruit and vegetables
5 February 2019
Fruit and vegetable growers have been hit hard by extreme weather in recent years, and there’s worse to come as the planet hots up
Teenagers who copy each other’s risk-taking have more friends
4 February 2019
When popular teens see each other making risky choices, they do the same. This could explain why dangerous behaviours spread among adolescent social groups
People with depression are less likely to have certain gut bacteria
4 February 2019
People who lack certain bacteria are more likely to have depression, according to the largest study yet to find a link between the microbiome and mental health
Seismic boom may explain why 2018 Palu earthquake was so devastating
4 February 2019
More than 2000 people died when an earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia last year. A seismic boom may explain why it was unusually devastating
Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station
4 February 2019
Building a space station inside a rotating asteroid would make it easier to mine precious resources - but it might not happen for decades
Confused about cancer? Here's what we really do know about its causes
4 February 2019
We are bombarded with stories about things that might give us cancer, yet even the experts don't seem sure. So what's the best way to judge the risks?
