
What is a chimera? - New Scientist
A chimera is an individual whose body is composed of cells that are genetically distinct, as if they are from different individuals – and sometimes they really are from different individuals ...
Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of vegetables
Apr 2, 2025 · A company in the Netherlands says it has perfected a way to create "graft chimeras" with the skin of one plant and the innards of another
We may finally know what a healthy gut microbiome looks like
Dec 10, 2025 · Health We may finally know what a healthy gut microbiome looks like Our gut microbiome has a huge influence on our overall health, but we haven't been clear on the …
What is inertia? | New Scientist
Objects tend to continue doing what they were already doing. For example, if there were no external forces, like gravity or friction, a thrown ball would continue moving in a straight line, at …
What does Wi-Fi stand for? - New Scientist
Wi-Fi became a ubiquitous technology in laptops more than a decade ago and the phrase is in daily use. Now the wireless networking technology can be found in our watches, phones, …
Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?
Dec 3, 2024 · Health Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything? From Alzheimer's disease to depression to heart disease, Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonist drugs appear to …
The boy whose blood has no father - New Scientist
Oct 7, 1995 · IN THE closest thing to a human virgin birth that modern science has ever recorded, British geneticists last week described the remarkable case of a young boy whose body is …
What is gravity? | New Scientist
An apple falls from a tree. A planet orbits its sun. You labour your bicycle up a hill, and accelerate smoothly down the other side. All those things are down to gravity, working exactly as Isaac ...
Why it’s the aliens living inside you that create your sense of you
Dec 9, 2020 · Foreign cells within our bodies help determine our mental states and even contribute to our immune defences – making it tricky to define where you end and the others …
What is the human pangenome and why do we need it?
May 10, 2023 · An effort to expand on the Human Genome Project by capturing the diversity of people around the world has produced the first draft of a new resource called the “pangenome …