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The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say

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Do insects feel pain? Crickets certainly seem to, according to new research which finds they stroke and groom a sore antenna in much...

Data shows orforglipron could in future avoid need to take other long-term medications for diseases associated with obesity

A daily pill could help people keep weight off and stop them needing other long-term medications, scientists behind landmark new trial data have suggested.

The researchers said orforglipron could help prevent more than 200 diseases associated with obesity and could be...

Sam Altman said Elon Musk tried many times for total control of OpenAI, which he’s now suing.

My father, Robert Smith, who has died aged 92, was a pharmacologist and professor at St Mary’s medical school in London (now part of Imperial College) whose work helped shape thinking on people’s differing responses to drugs – genetically, biochemically and clinically.

Bob became well known in particular for his role in the discovery of “debrisoquine polymorphism”. An enthusiastic...

All the protocols that health experts like me look for have been followed. But outbreaks on cruise ships are notoriously hard to control

Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Hantavirus: the disease you wish you’d never heard of, as visions of the Covid pandemic flash through your head. I’ve seen lots of breathless coverage and some bizarre takes...

Social media is awash with clips of people paying to be ‘bathed’ in sound. But what’s the science behind the practice?

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I, for one, am partial to a bath: what’s not to love about a dim room, candles and nary an electronic device in sight?

But a wellness trend that has emerged in recent years makes soaking in tepid water seem quaint: increasingly, people are...

The company behind Canvas says it has “reached an agreement” with the hackers who disrupted thousands of colleges and universities.

The lawsuit comes amid increased scrutiny over platform features like auto-play that deliver endless content to users.

The Food and Drug Administration commissioned the research, received the answer, and is not releasing it

Last week, the New York Times and Washington Post reported yet another troubling case of data suppression at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Studies of millions of vaccine recipients were completed by career scientists, peer-reviewed, and accepted by working pharmacovigilance...