A large international study reveals that mammals tend to live longer when reproduction is suppressed. On average, lifespan ...

Pandemics rarely creep into cities. They arrive as a trickle of cases and then, almost before officials finish their first ...

This 1986 article from the Village Voice looked at the raging debates over the health effects of cigarettes and how they were marketed.

Cell and gene therapies use the body's building blocks - cells and genetic material - to boost the immune system or correct ...

After years of grim updates about a species on the brink, scientists tracking North Atlantic right whales are suddenly ...

O n Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies would prefer to keep hidden. Four popular ...

Elon Musk and Twitter continue to defend Grok generating sexualized deepfakes and CSAM, but some countries are enforcing bans ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The number of measles cases nationwide is now approaching triple the number of cases reported in 2024 as outbreaks continue around the world. There have now been 168 cases of measles across Australia ...

The U.S. media is happy to launder White House sci-fi lies about sonic weapons, if they get to use phrases like "vomiting ...

The bizarre, and ultimately unsuccessful, decision to move bowler Brydon Carse all the way up the order to number three has been explained by England captain Ben Stokes. With England chasing 175 to ...

A new study is shedding light on households in developing countries burning plastic as an everyday energy source, causing ...