Billionaire wealth is accelerating at a pace that’s outstripping the entire global economy — and it’s not happening by accident. In this episode, we break down the mechanisms behind extreme wealth: ...

Doctors are raising red flags about a rare and deadly cancer that’s now rising faster than colon cancer in young adults — appendiceal cancer. Once thought to be extremely rare, new research shows ...

Bowel cancer, while more common in the over-fifties, is becoming increasingly prevalent amongst younger people in the UK. New figures published by Cancer Research UK show that cancer rates among ...

Increase sharper than in any age group and likely linked to obesity levels, junk food and inactivity, say experts The number of people under 50 being diagnosed with cancer in the UK has risen 24% in ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. June 12, 2023 Add as a preferred ...

This week on MIA Radio we interview Dr Irving Kirsch. Dr Kirsch is Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies and lecturer in medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess ...

While it might not seem like much, at least from an adult point of view, the difference between a child who just turned 3 and one who just turned 4 can be enormous. According to Jeannette Corey, ...

My friend Jenny had just arrived at my boyfriend’s house warming party, and was a little concerned. I’d stayed over at her Manhattan apartment the night before, and had reacted poorly to our takeout ...

To celebrate the launch of New Scientist‘s latest book, Farmer Buckley’s Exploding Trousers, we’ve asked its editor, Stephanie Pain, to select four of her favourite blasts from the past, together with ...