A fresh understanding of OCD is opening routes to new treatments
[ad_1] When my daughter was young, she washed her hands a lot. We might have poked what we thought was gentle fun at her, saying
One dose of a smallpox vaccine still gives good protection for mpox
[ad_1] There is little good-quality research into smallpox vaccines’ effectiveness against mpox Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images Receiving a single dose of one type of
Bubbles of gas 75 times larger than our sun spotted on another star
[ad_1] The motion of bubbling gas on the surface of the star R Doradus ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Vlemming Giant bubbles of hot gas more than 75
Ancient people of Easter Island made return trips to South America
[ad_1] Easter Island’s famous moai statues Tero Hakala/Shutterstock DNA analysis of ancient remains from Easter Island shows that the population was in fact increasing when
Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia
[ad_1] The jawbone of a Neanderthal known as Thorin, who is thought to have been part of an isolated population Xavier Muth Genetic analysis of
Why everyone needs to stop joking that they’re “a little bit OCD”
[ad_1] We have probably all heard someone say they are “a little bit OCD”, perhaps jokily or as a matter of pride, in reference to
Fish size themselves up in a mirror to decide if they can win a fight
[ad_1] A bluestreak cleaner wrasse checking itself out in the mirror Osaka Metropolitan University Before deciding whether or not to fight another fish, cleaner wrasse
Huge new volcano has burst through the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io
[ad_1] This Juno image from February (right) reveals a new volcano that wasn’t there in a Galileo image from 1997 (left) Galileo/JunoCam/NASA A fresh volcano
When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or did they at all?
[ad_1] Ancient humans are said to have evolved to leave the trees, where our primate ancestors lived, in favour of open grassy savannahs – but
David Hone interview: How the hidden lives of dinosaurs are being revealed by new technology
[ad_1] Paul Ryding/Joseph Woodhouse Dinosaurs dominated the land for around 180 million years. Yet we have little idea what life was like for these prehistoric