Emily Cooke

Archaeologists uncover a skull up to 1,800 years old with a lesion they say hints at a brain tumor. But not everyone agrees.

Blood-vessel-making cells called pericytes collaborate with neurons to form long-term memories in the mouse brain.

A new analysis of more than 330,000 genomes has revealed specific gene variants that may be associated with vegetarianism.

A woman survived a rare infection that had previously been reported in only two other humans, both of whom died from the disease.

A new drug reduced bone loss in mice on the International Space Station, without causing any negative side effects.

A new patch, which sticks to the inner lining of the cheek like an octopus sucker, effectively delivered two drugs in dogs and passed safety tests in humans.

The cause of the boy's lump is unknown, although doctors suspect it could be an unusual symptom of a neural tube defect.

An "inverse vaccine," which selectively suppresses the immune system, treated multiple sclerosis in mice. But how well could this new approach work in people?

The antiviral molnupiravir may be shaping the evolution of the virus behind COVID-19, but we still don't know what this means for transmission or the emergence of variants.

A new analysis of more than 1,500 papers and 60 types of tissue has revealed the total number of cells in the human body.

Scientists can now create realistic human embryo models in the lab, leading some to suggest that we rethink how we legally define an embryo.

Doctors report an "unusual and spectacular injury" in which a knife blade lodged in a man's belly drifted through his abdomen.

A new analysis of screening tests for four types of cancer suggests that only one actually increases life span, on average. But what do scientists think?

Oxytocin may be responsible for new mothers' heightened ability to see faces in inanimate objects, but more research is needed.

An analysis suggests that annual temperature-related deaths in the U.S. could rise to one-third of the number caused by cancer if global warming hits 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit (3 degrees Celsius).

Nicotine vapes and two drugs called varenicline and cytisine were found to be the stop-smoking aids most likely to help people quit.

Scientists grew early-stage human kidneys inside pig embryos and found the kidneys were "structurally normal" and made up of around 60% human cells.

Using NSAIDs and hormonal birth control together increased the overall risk of blood clots in women in the study, but the researchers stressed that the overall risk is still low.

In a new study, stopping skeletal-muscle cancer cells from making a specific protein forced them to turn into healthy muscle cells.

Vibrio vulnificus infections normally occur in warmer waters in the Gulf Coast, but rising global coastal sea temperatures have made infections in the eastern U.S. more common.

Only 20 cases of stroke caused by being on an amusement park ride have been reported worldwide.

The red worm was alive and wriggling as doctors pulled it out of the woman's brain.