91av

News

Explore the most exciting new ideas and emerging concepts in science, health, technology and the environment with 91av’s exclusive in-depth articles, interviews and long reads.

Health

Vaccine that erases immune memory may help treat multiple sclerosis

An experimental vaccine that erases the immune system’s memory of a molecule could be used to stop autoimmune reactions like those seen in multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes or coeliac disease

News
Brain activity in speech production shown on a coloured functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRIf) scan

Mind

The entire brain may be involved in language, not just a few regions

News

Technology

Watch a cyborg cockroach navigate a maze

News
Timema monikense Vickery & Sandoval 1998./ Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

Life

Stick insects that are normally asexual may occasionally have sex

News

Life

Extinct Tasmanian tiger yields RNA secrets that could aid resurrection

News

Mind

Theory of consciousness branded ‘pseudoscience’ by neuroscientists

News
Coloured diamonds from the Argyle mine in Australia

Earth

Rare Australian pink diamonds emerged when a supercontinent broke up

News
Two proteins, haemaglobin subunit beta and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

Health

DeepMind AI can predict if DNA mutations are likely to be harmful

News
The Libyan city of Derna on 18 September, just over a week after two nearby dams collapsed and caused devatasting floods

Environment

Catastrophic Libyan dam collapse partly caused by climate change

News
The Global Marijuana March is held across many cities each year

Society

6 charts that explain the cannabis revolution

As popular discussion of cannabis has moved away from the drug trade and toward potential medical applications, views about safety and support for legalisation have changed hugely in the US

News

Health

Rare mutation hints gene editing could prevent Alzheimer’s disease

News

Health

We now know how many cells there are in the human body

News

Health

Kidneys for transplantation could come from babies who die at birth

News

Health

Spinal fluid test may enable earlier diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease

News