�鶹��ý

Skip to content

How autoimmune conditions can unexpectedly drive mental illness

Mind

How autoimmune conditions can unexpectedly drive mental illness

Antibodies mistakenly attacking the brain are linked with conditions including schizophrenia, dementia and OCD, prompting a revolution in how we think about mental health conditions

Features

artist's concept of comet 41P

Space

We’ve caught a comet switching its spin direction for the first time

News

Illustration of a CAR T cell with an implanted gene strain, which makes up the genetic modification process required for it to fight rogue cells in the body

Health

CAR T-cell therapy takes woman from bedridden to 'perfectly fine'

News

Space

Earth may have formed from two separate rings around the sun

News

Space

Mysterious comet disintegration caught by telescope after lucky break

News

Space

We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast

News

Space

NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time

News

Space

How to see six planets in the sky at once in rare celestial alignment

News

From images taken by NASA spacecrafts, this picture mosaic was created of six of the planets in our solar system and the Earth's moon. In the foreground is the Earth rising over the lunar surface with the sun flare at the edge of Earth. Venus is the first planet above the moon, and at the top left to right are the planets Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Photo credits are as follows: Earth - Apollo 17; Lunar Surface - Apollo 8; Sun - Apollo 12; Venus - Pioneer Venus; Jupiter - Voyager I; Mercury - Mariner 10; Saturn - Pioneer 11.

Space

What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

Culture

Vitiligo skin pigmentation on the hands of woman

Health

Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation

A cream that directly disrupts the underlying causes of the skin patches seen in the condition vitiligo will be made available on the NHS

News

Space

Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision with Titan

News

Space

Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior

News

Health

This virus infects most of us – but why do only some get very ill?

News

Space

Mars's gravity may help control Earth’s cycle of ice ages

News