An advocate of plant intelligence, the Italian author discusses the complex ways in which plants communicate, whether they are conscious, and what his findings mean for vegansBorn in Calabria in 1965, Stefano Mancuso is a pioneer in the plant neurobiology movement, which seeks to understand “how plants perceive their circumstances and respond to environmental input in an integrated fashion”....
Infections of ancestors lying dormant in DNA can be activated to help immune system attack tumoursRemnants of ancient viruses passed down over thousands or even millions of years in human DNA could help fight cancer, a study has found.Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute were studying lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, to understand why some patients respond...
Suggestions in the US that eating the dessert can be beneficial have been greeted by a ripple of scepticism from British expertsDelicious, sweet and full of saturated fat, the concept of ice-cream as a health food is as ridiculous as it is compelling.But in what will be welcome news for many as Britain basks in warmer weather this week, an American public health historian has revealed how numerous...
Debate bubbles over how to navigate setting limits as UK study shows fifth of three- and four-year-olds have a deviceOne in five UK children aged three and four have mobile phone, study findsHow old is old enough to have your own mobile phone? For once, your children may be right that everyone else is getting them younger than you think.New research from Ofcom has found that a fifth of three- and...