Study hints at impact of dietary effects on gut bacteria

Bizarre clumps of organic matter found buried alongside Bronze Age mummies in northwestern China have now been identified as cheese. After a decade's work, DNA analysis has finally uncovered its origins, making it the most ancient cheese ever found, dating…

Metals and PFAS linked to serious health issues are among compounds found, highlighting need for further scrutiny

(October 2024) - Scientific evidence has documented we are undergoing a mass extinction of species, caused by human activity. However, allocating conservation resources is difficult due to scarce evidence on damages from losing individual species. This paper…

Nature Climate Change - The authors combine fire–vegetation models, a chemical transport model and a health risk model to link human mortality from fire emissions to climate change. They...

Scientific Reports - Microplastic particles in human blood and their association with coagulation markers

Microplastics get in the blood and are eaten by immune cells, leading to cell obstruction and cerebral thrombosis.

Markers of bladder cancer found in canines with higher levels of exposure to chemicals such as flame retardants

Recent projections suggest that large geographical areas will soon experience heat and humidity exceeding limits for human thermoregulation. The su...

Nature Communications - Pesticide exposure induces significant alterations in gut bacterial metabolism. Here, the authors perform a multi-omics mapping of pesticide-gut microbiota-metabolite...

Nature - An analysis of how various tissues age is the latest to suggest that ageing does not march to a steady beat.

Nature Medicine - Challenges in studying microplastics in human brain

Crops and flowers rely on them for survival, but wild bees are declining – and crucial nutrients will go missing from our diets as a result