A rare variant of a gene called TP53 means Tracy Hutchinson has an extreme risk of developing cancer anywhere in her body, causing endless anxiety and requiring regular whole-body MRIs and other screening
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The enormous deep-sea cousins of your garden’s pill bugs can go five years without food. A gene they pilfered from bacteria may be part of the secret.
From new hires to departures, promotions and transfers, here are the latest comings and goings in the pharmaceutical industry.
Rock weathering may release or draw down carbon dioxide—it depends on the rock.
<p>Sometimes we mistake one kind of object with another to disastrous effect</p>
The Trump administration is moving to restart the specialized LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis line, but the group that helped pioneer the idea is being shut…
Cassidy targets 340B, Eli Lilly's mysterious retatrutide patient, and more biotech news from The Readout
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans.…
Newborn mice neurons can snap both DNA strands to migrate, then repair the breaks within a day. The process may be a normal part of brain development.
DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrating the potential to one day identify individual artists and resolve the debate over Neanderthals' artistic abilities
Gamekeepers in the Lammermuir Hills spotted the bird with damaged wings around the beginning of June.
The European Commission is investigating Sanofi for allegedly breaching antitrust rules by running a “misleading” campaign about a flu vaccine.
Dems want to unmask Eli Lilly's obesity drug user, a new genome-editing tool raises ethics questions, and more health news
<p>Committee will meet in July to discuss peptides now sold in gray market despite limited evidence of safety and efficacy</p><p>Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon hold a meeting about whether to ease restrictions on access to some research peptides, a group of drugs with a zealous following and thin evidence to support them.</p><p>If restrictions are eased, US compounding pharmacies would be able to produce and fill prescriptions for Americans – a change that would effectively legalize a thriving gray market.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/26/fda-peptide-restrictions">Continue reading...</a>
<p>House committee seeks records after two agency scientists were charged over undeclared samples</p><p>The US <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/house-of-representatives">House</a> committee on energy and commerce is “<a href="https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/06_16_2026_Letter_to_Dr_Bhattacharya_126e3cb0c8.pdf">examining concerns</a>” about the National Institutes of Health after two NIH scientists were charged with allegedly smuggling <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/monkeypox">mpox</a> into the United States and misleading investigators.</p><p>Federal law enforcement alleges that Dr Vincent Munster, 53, a Dutch national and chief of the virus ecology section at the NIH’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Montana, and Claude Kwe, 38, a research fellow from Cameroon, transported vials containing monkeypox, now known as mpox, into the country without declaring them to customs and then “lying about it”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/26/mpox-congress-scrutiny-nih">Continue reading...</a>
<p>International experts able to work in ocean midwater off Brazil at near-record speeds thanks to cutting-edge tech</p><p>A marine biology expedition in international waters off the coast of Brazil has discovered 31 new species in just two weeks.</p><p>The researchers believe the speed at which the species were found and identified may be a record, in part because of the cutting-edge tech designed and built by the science and engineering team. For the first time on board a ship, the researchers were able to observe the living 3D cellular structure of microbial life thanks to a new technological breakthrough nicknamed the Squid.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/marine-expedition-uncovers-31-new-species-two-weeks-brazil">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Sports psychology plays a major role on and off the pitch, helping players manage chaos and stay strategic</p>
The New Scientist Book Club’s read for July is Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods. In this extract from its second chapter, we learn about the upbringing of its protagonist on the planet Tu-mdo
Claire North, whose space opera Slow Gods is the July read for the New Scientist Book Club, discusses how a population might deal with knowledge that their planet will be destroyed in 100 years
The world of quantum video games is vast – there are hundreds that are either inspired by quantum mechanics or use quantum computers in their development. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explores how these could change our understanding of quantum physics, or even help us make better devices
Opinion: ‘The Hot Zone’ led me to work with Ebola patients. Now I have mixed feelings about the book
“The reality of Ebola is simultaneously less sensational and far more challenging than most people imagine,” writes Krutika Kuppalli.
A report about unusual access to an experimental obesity drug has raised interest in the condition pulmonary hypertension.
“They don't make many like Joe Fraumeni anymore,” writes Lawrence Ingrassia, author of “A Fatal Inheritance.”
Medetomidine-laced opioids cause severe, life-threatening withdrawal in jails. Here's why many facilities remain ill-equipped to treat a growing crisis.