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Oxford Scientists Confirm Vegan Diet Is Massively Better For Planet

In the UK, meat eating declined over the decade to 2018, but in order to meet environmental targets the National Food Strategy and the UK's Climate Change Committee recommend an additional 30%-35% reduction.

Future AI Algorithms Have Potential To Learn Like Humans

"Our work heralds a new era of intelligent machines that can learn and adapt like their human counterparts."

Climate Change Puts Greenland's Ice Sheet At Risk

A less icy and greener Greenland indicates that the ice sheet is not necessarily as stable as it appears.

Space Movie To Deliver The "Overview Effect" In Giant Domed Theaters

The unique perspective just a few astronauts have ever seen of Earth from outer space, and the way in which it impacts them, is known as the Overview Effect.

Scientists Find The Source Of A Mysterious Brain Wave That Could Boost Memory And Creativity

The study adds to a recent trend that explores brain waves as a novel route for treating difficult neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's and stroke.

AI Agents With 'Multiple Selves' Learn To Adapt Quickly In A Changing World

The modular AI quickly picked up on the changes and adapted to them, whereas the monolithic agent performed far worse.

All Animal Intelligence Was Shaped By Just Five Leaps In Brain Evolution

These five transitions help us make sense of our place among the stunning diversity of animal intelligences.

Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Gets US FDA Nod For Blood Cancer Treatment

AML is one of the most common types of blood cancer in adults. Mutations in the FLT3 gene, which plays a role in helping white blood cells grow, can cause excess growth of these cells and lead to an aggressive form of leukemia.

FDA Grants Fast Track Designation To Myelofibrosis, Nasopharyngeal Cancer Therapies

The FDA granted fast track designation to two oncology therapies.

Could CRISPR Gene Therapy Help Treat Alzheimer's Disease?

Once the DNA is cut, scientists can replace faulty genes with a healthy one, remove problematic genes or even introduce new genes altogether.

Liquid Biopsy May Aid In Diagnosis, Surveillance Of HPV-associated Oropharyngeal Cancer

Tumor tissue-modified viral-HPV DNA demonstrated 91.5% sensitivity among patients in the diagnostic cohort and 88.4% in the surveillance cohort.

Tislelizumab Plus Bevacizumab/Chemo Demonstrates Early Efficacy In Cervical Cancer

The addition of the PD-L1 inhibitor tislelizumab to standard bevacizumab and platinum-doublet chemotherapy in the first-line setting prolonged progression-free survival, produced encouraging responses, and was well tolerated in patients with cervical cancer.