By Tiffany O'Callaghan Social distancing may limit how much we see loved ones, but there are ways to make sure our relationships won’t be damaged Credit: Sisoje/Getty Robin Dunbar has spent decades studying relationships, social bonding and the importance …
By Layal Liverpool Astronauts who go on long-duration space flights come home with increased brain volume Credit: Delphotos/Alamy Astronauts brains increase in volume after long space flights, causing pressure to build up inside their heads. This may expla…
By Peter Yeung in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo isn’t yet free from Ebola Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Fresh cases of Ebola have been detected just days before the deadly epidemic in eastern De…
By Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac Josie Ford WE HAVE known for some time that 2020 was going to be a milestone year for the climate change crisis, requiring a radical reversal of the current trajectory in global greenhouse gas emissions. But wh…
On Friday, Dr. Mangala Narasimhan received an urgent call. A man in his 40s with COVID-19 was in a dire situation, and her colleague wanted her to come to the intensive care unit at Long Island Jewish Hospital to see if he needed to be put on life support.Before I come over there, Narasimhan told…