The Sea Under The Surface
Research published in Science has confirmed the discovery of evidence that there could be oceans hundreds of kilometres beneath us....
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Mitochondrial DNA is Making its Way Into the Human Genome
Billions of years ago, an important endosymbiotic event occurred in which an energy-producing bacterium was engulfed by a larger cell....
A Breath of Relief for the Scientific Community after Lula Win in Brazilian Elections
The triumph of former president Lula over controversial current president Jair Bolsonaro was welcomed by scientists, especially conservationists and environmentalists,...
The Forgotten Mercury 13
The launch of NASA’s Artemis programme took place on the 14th of November 2022. Artemis I (an unmanned test flight),...
A Promising New Malaria Vaccine
Oxford University researchers and their collaborators have created a malaria vaccine that has the potential to "change the world". The...
Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa Cell Line
The story of Henrietta Lacks and her family is unfortunately one of many accounts where science and medicine have disenfranchised...
Celebrating Forgotten Scientists: John Edmonstone
Charles Darwin is said to be the father of evolution. He pushed the boundaries of science and challenged the social...
Celebrating Forgotten Scientists: Onesimus
Smallpox. Image: Flickr In 1721, after a ship from Barbados arrived with passengers infected with smallpox, the inhabitants of Boston,...
Celebrating Forgotten Scientists: Marie Daly
Marie Maynard Daly was an inspirational and ambitious chemist best known for her research on sugars, cholesterol, and proteins in...
Racial Discrepancies in Maternal Care
Black women are three to four times more likely to die from preventable maternal death than white women in the...
