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A new study, by researchers from Atlantic Technological University, ATU Galway City, Ireland, explored whether sensory decline, particularly in taste…

Much of humanity lives close to the shore. A 2024 study estimated that in 2018, around 2 billion people lived…

Leading 10 cities overallBeijing’s output, measured by adjusted Share*, increased by 9.14% between 2023 and 2024, while Shanghai’s grew by…

As China’s cities become taller, bigger and more modern, they face a major problem: the ground beneath them is sinking.…

Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via GettyChina has made no secret of its goal to attract the world’s best scientists. In the…

Apple Chui (left), Hannah Eisler Burnett (centre) and Taukiei Kitara study key issues for coastal communities.Credit: L: CPRO, The Chinese…

Kamran Abbasi, editor in chiefThe BMJkabbasi{at}bmj.comIn a recent lecture Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, talked about how setbacks driven…

For nearly two decades, many scientists have relied on the h-index—which measures the productivity and citation impact of a researcher’s…

In the United States, more than one million women will enter menopause each year, according to the National Institute on…

On a foggy morning in the town of Asilomar in California, neuroscience and bioethics experts assembled this week to seek…