‘Divorce’ rates are higher in birds that travel long distances
Break-ups are more common in bird species with longer migrations, probably because partners return home at different times and don’t wait for each other to breed Life 7 November 2022…
Vaginal immune activity increases after having sex for the first time
Levels of immune system proteins in the vagina increase after having vaginal intercourse for the first time, suggesting the body is responding to being exposed to new bacteria Health 7…
Low testosterone levels may protect women from kidney injury
Men get acute kidney injury – where kidney performance suddenly declines – at a higher rate than women. An experiment with mice suggests that this could be related to having…
What age do you really become an adult? And why it’s vital to know
The age at which you are considered an adult differs around the world, but emerging research into the developing brain suggests we may have got the concept of adulthood all…
What will a population of 8 billion people mean for us and the planet?
By Michael Le Page Aerial view of Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic Eblis/Getty Images On 15 November, the world will pass a major milestone, as the human population…
How flowering plants beat bloom-free gymnosperms to world dominance
Flowerless gymnosperms, such as conifer and ginkgo, ruled the Jurassic world before their flowering rivals, the angiosperms, became dominant. What caused the fall of one and the rise of the…
Fish that keep their young in their mouths sometimes eat them
Some female cichlid fish keep their offspring in their mouth for protection, but they commonly eat up to half of their brood Life 9 November 2022 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre A…
We may finally know how impossible stars at our galaxy’s centre formed
The centre of the Milky Way is home to more than 100 young stars that shouldn’t exist. Researchers may have now finally figured out how they formed Space 8 November…
Microsoft’s Copilot code tool faces the first big AI copyright lawsuit
AI art tool DALL-E 2 adds ‘black’ or ‘female’ to some image prompts Researchers experimenting with OpenAI’s text-to-image tool, DALL-E 2, noticed that it seems to covertly be adding words…
Liver disease deaths in England and Wales are up since pandemic began
Deaths from liver disease and diabetes have been higher than expected in England and Wales since the coronavirus pandemic began Health 8 November 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu An ambulance…