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Potatoes can lead to a longer life for more of us

Oct 21, 2024

Eating more potatoes was also linked to a lower mortality due to heart disease. Potatoes are not among the recommended fruits and vegetables on the “5-a-day” listIn the past, people...

Pakistan wards off superbugs from the West

Oct 21, 2024

They have found remarkable and unexpected differences in the distribution of E.coli between Punjab in Pakistan, Europe and the United States. In a new study, the research team collected 1,411...

Oldest plant artefact found outside Africa reveals Pacific's role in early human migration

Oct 21, 2024

This palaeo-island split into a series of smaller islands including Waigeo at the end of the Ice Age, when sea levels rose. The latter was directly dated at the University...

The study and practice of being human

Oct 21, 2024

They see it as an opportunity — and they’ve explicitly told me this — to talk about being human. Why do 300 or 3,000 people at a poetry reading listen...

Harris Leads Trump in Three Key States, Times/Siena Polls Find

Oct 21, 2024

In May, Mr. Biden was virtually tied with Mr. Trump in Times/Siena polling in Wisconsin and Michigan. Voters also view Ms. Harris as more intelligent and more temperamentally fit to...

Meet the First NYU Swimmer to Compete in the Team USA Olympic Trials

Oct 21, 2024

From growing up swimming in Lake Michigan to becoming the first NYU swimmer to compete in the Team USA Olympic trials, Derek Maas knows what hard work looks like. The...

Empowering the next generation of scientists in Africa

Oct 21, 2024

The bootcamp featured virtual courses, lectures by leading African scientists, mentorship opportunities, and a capstone project that challenged students to apply their learnings. Today, a similar bootcamp on foundational research...

Advanced MRI scans help identify one in three concussion patients with ‘hidden disease’

Oct 21, 2024

In the UK, more than 1 million people attend Emergency Departments annually with a recent head injury. It is the most common form of brain injury worldwide. When a patient...

Proteins carried in the blood offer new insights into ageing and age-related disease risk

Oct 21, 2024

They analysed nearly 3,000 proteins in blood samples from participants in the UK Biobank study to develop a machine learning model that uses 204 proteins to estimate a person’s biological...

Study reveals previously unknown genetic causes of colorectal cancer

Oct 21, 2024

Colorectal cancer is a major cause of death worldwide, but we don’t yet have a full understanding of the genetic changes that cause it to grow. They’ve also uncovered new...