Humans

Chinese scientists move closer to bringing cryogenically frozen humans back to life

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Scientists have moved a step closer to preserving our brains forever.  They are one of the first to successfully thaw brain tissue ...

Get ready for flights to space! $1.4bn Dream Chaser ‘plane’ will take cargo (and eventually humans) into orbit after passing final tests

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline 12:10 13 May 2024, updated 14:37 13 May 2024 Share or comment on this article: The world’s ...

CDC admits bird flu has ‘pandemic potential’ as study shows H5N1 virus has mutated 300 TIMES to become more infectious and resistant to drugs

Health
Sarah Carter

By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com 17:53 06 May 2024, updated 18:44 06 May 2024 Bird flu could cause the next pandemic ...

Anti-aging elixir could be hiding in ‘indestructible’ tardigrades, say scientists who found microscopic creature’s proteins slow cell damage

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Tardigrades enter a form of hibernation called biostasis when they are stressed  The proteins that make biostasis possible slowed human cells way ...

Mankind passes twice as many viruses to animals than the other way around, study reveals

Health
Sarah Carter

By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline 14:48 25 Mar 2024, updated 15:16 25 Mar 2024 For years, scientists have warned the ...

Urgent warning over ‘bird chlamydia’ following deaths of five humans in ‘unusual’ outbreak sweeping Europe

Health
Sarah Carter

By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline 12:59 06 Mar 2024, updated 14:49 06 Mar 2024 Psittacosis, nicknamed parrot fever, has killed ...

Scientists have discovered why humans no longer have tails

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Around 25 million years ago, an evolutionary split occurred between our ancestors, the precursors of humans and apes, and monkeys, resulting in ...

Is the Y chromosome disappearing? And will that cause the extinction of men?

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

The humble Y chromosome may seem simple, but it’s responsible for determining the male sex. And the bad news… It’s degenerating in ...

World’s biggest snake is discovered in the Amazon rainforest: Huge anaconda measures 26ft-long and weighs 440lbs

World
Emily Foster

By Shivali Best For Mailonline 12:54 20 Feb 2024, updated 14:18 20 Feb 2024 Share or comment on this article: The Northern ...

Researchers say we are entering the Fifth Industrial Revolution that sees humans and AI-powered machines work together

Technology
Laura Adams

Scientists, engineers and business leaders are preparing for ‘unprecedented’ and ‘previously unimaginable’ interconnections between human beings and AI Some call it ‘the ...