Sharon Moalem interview: Why women are genetically stronger than men
29 July 2020
We know that women live longer and are less susceptible to certain diseases than men. That may be down to the benefits of having two X chromosomes
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Proxima review: Eva Green shines as a troubled astronaut
29 July 2020
Alice Winocour's new film Proxima shows the difficulties of balancing family life with a career as an astronaut, finds Simon Ings
A weather forecast for fake news outbreaks on social media is coming
29 July 2020
A social media weather report that predicts outbreaks of propaganda is on its way. It can't arrive soon enough, says Annalee Newitz
How the slave trade left its mark in the DNA of people in the Americas
23 July 2020
Genetic data from people in the Americas with African heritage hints at unusually high death rates among certain slaves, and points to systematic rape of women of African descent
Hungry foxes have been raiding our bins for thousands of years
22 July 2020
Foxes rooting through our rubbish to scavenge for food isn’t just a modern-day phenomenon – analysis of animal bones in Germany shows foxes were eating human leftovers 42,000 years ago
