23 October 2019
We’ve long known that viruses can target cancers in our bodies. Now, thanks to gene editing, we’re using them as tumour search and destroy agents – and getting our immune systems to join the fight too
23 October 2019
Standard nutritional advice to cut down on meat and dairy may be stopping us getting enough of an essential nutrient named choline. Should we be worried?
22 October 2019
Women and girls in Northern Ireland can now legally access abortions, seek medical aftercare and can get funding to travel to England for the procedure
22 October 2019
A study of five London schools found a clear difference in exposure to levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide when children travelled via quieter roads
21 October 2019
A new variant of CRISPR, dubbed prime editing, should make it even better at correcting disease-causing mutations
21 October 2019
People are increasingly reporting anxiety about climate change. Psychotherapists met on Saturday to discuss how best to manage the dread over our impact on the planet
20 October 2019
One man in the US has started producing beer in his gut after a course of antibiotics allowed brewer’s yeast to outcompete the other microbes in his microbiome
17 October 2019
A freedom of information request by New Scientist shows that Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust will grant Google five years of historical data on patients
17 October 2019
For the first time, artificial mouse embryos have started growing into early fetuses, but we are still a long way off making babies without sperm or eggs
16 October 2019
A genetic mutation that lets people feel fully rested with less than six hours sleep has been identified, months after a similar discovery
