Browsing: Gut Health

The natural world teems with microorganisms. Billions of species of bacteria, archaea, viruses and fungi make up complex ecosystems in…

A healthy brain (left) and a brain affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: Anatomical Travelogue/SPLDuring ageing, men experience a greater reduction…

Pedro Gomes, professor of economics1, Rita Fontinha, associate professor of strategic human resource management2, Brendan Burchell, professor in the social…

The relationship between sounds in words and their meaning is thought to be mostly arbitrary. Some linguists and behavioural ecologists,…

Adrian O’Dowd1, Ella Hubbard21Kent2The BMJDiscontent between the GP profession and the government is becoming more evident as sparks fly over…

Jack W. Baker had to unexpectedly combat an accusation of plagiarism. It taught him something about keeping science transparent.Credit: Yuri…

The leading expert on bone injuries in court cases on baby deaths has referred himself to the General Medical Council…

“In this photograph, I am taking local reporters out into Ohuira Bay on Mexico’s west coast, where my community’s sacred…

Janice Hopkins TanneNew YorkThe US CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has announced plans for a new working group…

On arriving at work one day last October, ecologist Koen de Koning did what he often does first thing in…