Could AI make doctors obsolete?
Technology is set to play a major role in the future of healthcare - but what could AI mean for doctors?
We need to rethink neuroscience. And you can help us
The field of neurotechnology is moving fast. To arrive at a set of ethical guidelines, first we need to know what the public wants.
These life-saving drugs are made from deadly venom
Scientists are using deadly animal toxins to treat a variety of health problems, from heart disease to diabetes.
Here are five priorities for better cooperation on mental health
One in four people in the world will be affected by mental ill health at some point in their life. It is time to fix our extraordinary failure to embrace mental health.
What makes a disease eradicable?
Two conditions are absolutely necessary to make a disease eradicable.
This simple reaction could make antibiotics more effective against drug-resistant bacteria
MIT researchers have managed to successfully link microbes to existing antibiotic drugs to make them more effective.
As genome editing moves from the lab into the clinic, the ethical debate can no longer be hypothetical
Scientists can now change our genes in ways that will be inherited by our children. We should discuss the implications before national authorities start making decisions on our behalf.
Your smartphone may know more about your mental health than you
From speech patterns to scrolling style, the data stored on our digital devices offers psychiatrists a valuable new metric with which to diagnose and treat mental illness.
Where EU air pollution is deadliest
New data from the European Environment Agency shows the EU countries where air pollution causes the most premature deaths.
Nordic noir: The unhappiness epidemic affecting young people in the world’s happiest countries
It’s not all hygge and hot tubs, as research reveals rising levels of unhappiness among young people.
The intoxicating science of animal venom. What you need to know
In the growing field of venomics, scientists are using deadly venoms from frogs, snakes and centipedes to block pain, fight disease and even map the human mind.
Female surgeons in the US earn $1 million less than men
Female surgeons expect to earn about $1 million less in their careers than their male colleagues, U.S. research showed on Thursday, illustrating a dramatic case of a gender wage gap as sc...