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Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara might be a global household name, but his show opening at London’s Hayward Gallery this month is his first in any of the city’s leading art institutions. Fresh off ...
These glow-in-the-dark axolotls can regrow lost limbs — and studying them could eventually help humans do the same.
Shaoyun Hao, co-first author and postdoctoral research associate, said they had hypothesized that “acid vapor could dissolve ...
Human metabolism is a complex web of chemical processes and interactions between our cells and the microbes living within us.
A deficiency or insufficiency can occur when levels of vitamin B12 become too low to meet the demands of the body. Like all other B vitamins, vitamin B12 is water-soluble. This means it can ...
This interactive, designed and built by Slate’s Andrew Kahn, gives you a sense of the scale of the trans-Atlantic slave trade across time, as well as the flow of transport and eventual ...
Researchers have found that ocean acidification entered a "danger zone" in 2020, suggesting increased carbon dioxide levels have caused Earth to breach another planetary boundary.
Be honest, how effective do you consider crocodile dung would be as a contraceptive? It's one of the less bizarre items in a new Radio 4 programme on the history of family planning. Some of the ...