Study finds that medications used to treat alcohol use disorders (naltrexone and acamprosate) are underutilised in Australia.

Soft cells and the geometry of seashells

Study suggests a significant association between Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery and reduced psychiatric comorbidities in individuals with Gender Incongruence

Winner of the 2024 Ig Nobel prize for Medicine goes to a Swiss, German and Belgian group for demonstrating that fake medicine that causes painful side-effects can be more effective in patients than fake medicine that does not cause painful side-effects (full-text link in comment).

A new study finds that fast-paced hyperventilation (breathwork) can induce brain states and experiences similar to psychedelics

DdrC, a unique DNA repair factor from D. radiodurans, senses and stabilizes DNA breaks through a novel lesion-recognition mechanism

2023 state of the climate Entering uncharted territory

Palaeontologists have described Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, a new genus and species of large theropod dinosaur characterised by an extremely developed orbital brow on the postorbital, amongst other features, from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Women who begin relationships with (eventually) physically abusive men suffer large and significant earnings and employment falls immediately upon cohabiting with the abusive partner

Slavery and Jim Crow have persistently adverse effects on African Americans – Black families whose ancestors were enslaved until the Civil War have considerably lower education, income…