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The study of an assemblage of Neandertal human bones discovered in the Troisième caverne of Goyet (Belgium) has brought to light selective cannibalistic behaviour primarily targeting female adults and children between 41,000 and 45,000 years ago.

Positional programs: Undifferentiated mesenchymal cells express positional programs: the cells know where they are before knowing what they will become. Genetich positional programs forecast the emergence of individual facial features Abnormalities: Mutations in discovered programs are linked to numerous craniofacial syndromes and facial abnormalities.

New research suggests that the body that collided with Earth 4.5 billion years ago, creating the Moon, originated in the inner Solar System. -Ingredientsof impactor: In the current issue of the journal Science, researchers determine the possible composition of Theia. Search for birthplace: The impactor-s composition allows conclusions about its place of origin.

A mysterious swarm of earthquakes that occurred near the Greek island of Santorini in early 2025 was caused by rebounding sheets of magma slicing through Earth's crust, finds a new study by an international team including a UCL researcher. Between late January and early March, the team analysed over 25,000 earthquakes that occurred between Santorini and Amorgos Islands.

Two researchers from Inserm and one researcher from INRAE contributed to a series of three articles published on 19 November in The Lancet on the health consequences of consuming ultra-processed foods. The 43 international scientists who signed this series of articles propose the implementation of public health measures to limit the use of ultra-processed foods and improve nutrition worldwide.

University of Manchester biologists have for the first time started to unpick the long-term biological changes associated with serious viral lung infections, such as flu and long-covid, in a study of mice. Previously, little was known about the drivers of post-infection symptoms typically associated with severe viral infections, such as breathlessness and fatigue, but the study sheds light on what exactly might underpin these long-term effects.

A new study led by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and Imperial College London has revealed how dragonflies use a small number of strategically positioned sensors on their wings to monitor wing shape in real time. This simple but highly effective biological system enables the insects to remain exceptionally stable or manoeuvre in flight, despite having comparatively tiny brains.

Eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, can lead to a variety of complex and long-lasting physical and mental health impacts, according to a new study led by the universities of Keele and Manchester. Previous research has found the risks of serious conditions like diabetes, renal and liver failure, fractures, and premature death, are particularly raised within the first 12 months of being diagnosed with an eating disorder.

Researchers using brain imaging gain rare insight into how prenatal exposure to modern, high-THC cannabis affects brain development into adulthood McGill researchers at the Douglas Research Centre have found evidence that heavy cannabis use during pregnancy can cause delays in brain development in the fetus that persist into adulthood.

A new study led by the University of Oxford has found evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 million years ago, and that Neanderthals likely engaged in kissing too. The findings have been published today  in Evolution and Human Behavior . This is the first time anyone has taken a broad evolutionary lens to examine kissing.

The latest research has achieved a breakthrough in the controlled polymerization of thiol-ene systems.

Artificial intelligence (AI) can predict how well patients with rectal cancer will respond to treatment by analysing standard tissue samples taken during diagnosis, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and UCLH. In most cancers, the immune landscape surrounding a tumour plays a major role in determining how cancer progresses and how patients respond to therapy, yet the complex interactions between immune cells, tumour cells, and treatment often remain poorly understood.

The earliest evidence of an internal 'GPS' system in an animal has been identified by researchers, which could help explain how some modern birds and fish evolved the ability to use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate long distances. The tiny magnetic fossils - dating from 97 million years ago - were buried in ancient seafloor sediments, left behind by a mysterious, unidentified organism.

Deep brain stimulation - implants in the brain that act as a kind of 'pacemaker' - has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an 'open label' trial. Our study hasn't just highlighted this promise, it's given us a potential and much-needed objective marker to say which patients will respond best Valerie Voon Significantly, the study, led by researchers in the UK and China, identified a telltale signature of brain activity that predicted how well individual patients responded to the treatment.

When the forever chemicals known as PFAS enter the environment, they remain there for generations and can harm humans and nature. Despite increasing bans, many PFAS are still in circulation - including on Swiss ski slopes and cross-country trails, where the toxins enter the environment through abrasion from ski wax.

Active music-making together with a musical facilitator helps reduce challenging behaviour in adults with a mild to moderate intellectual disability. Music intervention not only has positive effects on the participants themselves, but also contributes to the wellbeing of support staf. This is evident from by behavioural specialist Gerianne Smeets.

Our body-s -blood factoryconsists of specialized tissue made up of bone cells, blood vessels, nerves and other cell types. Now, researchers have succeeded for the first time in recreating this cellular complexity in the laboratory using only human cells. The novel system could reduce the need for animal experiments for many applications.

New study finds one-third of grammatical -universalsstand up to rigorous testing Linguistic universals: Of the 191 proposed linguistic universals, about one-third are statistically supported across more than 1,700 languages. A wealth of data and state-of-the-art statistical methods: Using Grambank and Bayesian statistical models that control for genealogical and geographic influences, the strongest evidence emerges for patterns of word order and hierarchical agreement.

New research offers a unique insight into the lives of mammoths during the last Ice Age. Scientists have taken an important step closer to understanding the mythical mammoths that roamed the Earth thousands of years ago. For the first time ever, a research team has succeeded in isolating and sequencing RNA molecules from woolly mammoths dating back to the Ice Age.

Health and work life Radiation therapy treatment for breast cancer not only improves survival rates but also generates long-term financial benefits according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. Survivors of illness and disease often suffer economic hardship such as reduced employment as they recover from treatment.