Science worth understanding.
Research, evidence, engineering
We read the research, examine what the evidence can support, and explain why it matters. Clear claims, visible sources and room for uncertainty.
A regional workshop mapped climate and health priorities across Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting training, governance and data gaps while exposing limits in whose perspectives were represented.
By combining two weight-loss trials with genetic analyses, researchers found a 242-metabolite signature and disease-specific associations, suggesting obesity-linked illnesses may involve different metabolic pathways.
LHCb reports 3.2-sigma evidence for an exceptionally rare B meson decay, offering a new test of the Standard Model while remaining short of the threshold commonly used to claim discovery.
A reported study found subtle blue-and-green brightening near the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that matches a simulated microplastic signal, but seawater sampling is still needed to confirm the cause.
A study of two pristine Ryugu samples reports all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, adding evidence that some ingredients of genetic material can form in space without showing how life began.
Manasi Kumar argues that climate loss-and-damage policy should recognize mental health harms through selective monetary valuation and measures that reflect cultural, social and other irreplaceable losses.
A study of 39 Chinese national digital-health policies found broad coverage of governance, standards and data, while data protection and industrial innovation provisions varied more across texts.