German study finds feeling younger protects middle-aged against damaging stress

Sterilising surfaces will have damaged microbiome biodiversity, essential for health

This would require prioritising generosity and sustainable living, and measuring success in terms of contentment not GDP

Proven technology emits little or no greenhouse gas

Some are moving from ‘weight-centric’ model to prescribing healthier behaviour

Reliance on GDP as a measure of wellbeing has worsened people’s health and happiness

Humanity was vulnerable to a plethora of deadly diseases before jabs arrived

IUSA recognises academic’s work on research, understanding and Irish-US relations

Much research demonstrates that consuming too much bad news takes a toll on health

Deforestation, slavery and rats were all factors in the Pacific island’s population decline

The Covid-19 pandemic is undoubtedly serious, but it should not debilitate our resilience

Objective is to fill blood with enough oxygen to repair tissue corroded by advancing years

Science is acutely aware of its limits but scientism is dogmatic

Unethical Nazi experiments yielded scientifically valid results in some cases

Many Nicobarese regret leaving their homes following the 2004 disaster and now suffer from depression and alcoholism

One of the two groups were treated as inferiors when they blended to form a society about 9,000 years ago, evidence shows

Does it show the existence of life after death or can science explain it?

Conventional account ignores gaps in scientist’s evidence to Catholic Church inquisition

The major discoveries of the Scientific Revolution were made in universities strongly supported by the church

Discovery of conditioned reflex played large role in development of behaviourism

String theory is beautifully explained by Brian Greene in The Elegant Universe

Ability to alter genetics of embyros remains limited but progress will bring big questions

Academic freedom thrives on diversity and encouraging contrasting ideas

Telling healthy older people to lock themselves away has been counterproductive

Dramatic fall in monarch numbers has been widely blamed on Roundup weedkiller

William Reville: Antibiotics do not work against coronavirus because they are designed to fight bacteria

You can only become a critical thinker in areas where you have deep knowledge

Continuous, lifelong exercise is the antidote to gradual decline in cognitive capacity

Reducing the fuel load is one immediate step we can take to tackle wild fires

William Reville: We have good reason to be proud of our European heritage

One possible reason Earth has not been visited by aliens is that we’re a lonely planet with few other inhabitable neighbours in our galaxy

Fortunate unplanned discoveries include penicillin, Viagra, x-rays, radioactivity and microwave ovens

Englishman defied popular wisdom with his research of blood circulation system

A new, greener, option for disposing of human remains is to turn the corpse into a compost suitable for fertilising garden soil

So much for notion that redistribution of wealth is soft-hearted generosity pandering to the lazy

Young people must learn to be resilient rather than avoid stressful situations

There is a hypothesis that eating ultraprocessed foods can disrupt signals between the gut and the brain, encouraging us to keep eating

Having a positive attitude about yourself can help you to perform better under stress

A weakened sense of identity is contributing to a surge in loneliness and depression

From cells and DNA to cloning and biochemistry, here are life’s milestones