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I was asked if there was an ‘everything’ test for cancer. Despite bold claims, no such thing exists | Ranjana Srivastava

For oncologists like me, it would be a different world if we could accurately detect cancer before it metastasised and reassure patients that early intervention saved lives At an academic function, a guest asks what I do and I say, “public...

Mar 24, 2026

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Nasa to spend $20bn on moon base after cancelling orbiting station

AI can generate images that are just as effective at triggering human emotions as traditional photographs

Scientists Discover Promising Treatment for Deadly Hepatitis E Virus

Scientists Discover a Better Way To Treat Gout for Certain Patients

Watching 25 Years of Expansion in the Crab Nebula With the Hubble

We Are Slowing Down the Planet

The Time Capsule in the Salt Flat

5 seriously strange ways wildlife is changing inside Chernobyl

We’re closer than ever to bringing back life from cryogenic freezing

32 incredible wildlife images from the Nature Photography Contest

This scientist rewarmed and studied pieces of his friend’s cryopreserved brain

Optical Vortex Phase Masks for the Detection of Habitable Worlds

When Atoms Hear the Universe Ripple

Pinot noir’s popularity has Medieval roots

NASA announces nuclear-powered Mars mission by 2028

NASA pushes space industry to use the ISS as a test ground for future stations

Playing Call of Duty before bed doesn’t ruin sleep, and it might even boost your memory

Major Cancer Breakthrough Could Help Patients Who Don’t Respond to Immunotherapy

Machine learning cuts complexity of computational calculations in catalysis

This pinot noir hasn’t changed in 500 years

NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth-Like Exoplanets

Chemical recycling of plastics rises as oil crisis continues

These insects fly with their legs. Physics explains how

Even Doctors Can’t Tell These AI X-Rays Are Fake

This Tiny Insect Should Freeze to Death but Somehow Doesn’t

Study says roads bring more fires to forests; USDA wants more roads to fight fires

How AI shook the world's largest meeting of physicists

Antimatter has been transported by road for the first time

NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole

I was asked if there was an ‘everything’ test for cancer. Despite bold claims, no such thing exists | Ranjana Srivastava

What brain waves reveal about people who can solve a Rubik’s Cube in seconds

What to do if you encounter a bison

Astronomers witness the birth of a new solar system

Astronomers Capture Two Giant Planets Forming in Real Time Around Distant Star

Spacecraft Heat Shields Could Violently "Burst" When Plunging Into Alien Atmospheres

NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policy

Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

Are some dog breeds really easier to train? Not really.

Neandertals made antibacterial ointment, but may not have known it

The Download: tracing AI-fueled delusions, and OpenAI admits Microsoft risks

One of Earth’s Greatest Migrations Is Collapsing Beneath Our Rivers

Menstrual hormones may worsen ADHD symptoms in medicated women

Earth’s Strangest Magnetic Era: Scientists Decode the Ediacaran Mystery

Alaska’s Protective Ice Is Vanishing, Scientists Find

Is social media addictive? The science reveals what’s at stake

Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies

Are humans degenerating genetically and getting dumber as a result?

Chronic medical conditions predict childhood depression more strongly than social or family hardships

Scientists Discover Alaska Glaciers Are Melting Weeks Longer Than Expected

The Trip to the Far Side of the Moon