Articles by Léa Surugue

Email : l.surugue@ibtimes.co.uk

Tall or short? Rare genes explain differences in human height

Rare variants occur at low frequency but have a significant influence on human height.

Feb 1, 2017

No sleep, no sex - Menopausal women with sleep problems are less satisfied with their sex lives

Menopausal women often report sleep problems and this can have a detrimental impact on their sex lives.

Feb 1, 2017

Sexual health

Mind-reading machine lets lock-in syndrome patients communicate by thinking answers

The device has been tested in four patients in lock-in states, with first hints of success.

Jan 31, 2017

These iconic World Heritage Sites are being damaged beyond repair - and we are to blame

Yellowstone and other major sites are suffering from a range of human threats and forest loss.

Jan 31, 2017

Climate Change

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft captures stunning images of Saturn's rings in unprecedented detail

The Cassini mission will come to a halt this year but it has already greatly improved scientists' knowledge of the sixth planet from the Sun.

Jan 31, 2017

NASA

One adult in 10 infected with HIV also suffers from diabetes

People infected with HIV appear to have a greater risk of developing diabetes.

Jan 30, 2017

AIDS

Can speaking two languages protect you against Alzheimer's disease?

Bilinguals have the same dementia symptoms as monolinguals, even if they have more brain damage.

Jan 30, 2017

Here's the brain area that controls the impulse to procreate

The medial preoptic neurons are sensitive to hormone changes in female mice.

Jan 30, 2017

If climate change didn't cause Indus cities to collapse – what did?

Looking at how ancient civilisations reacted to climate change may help understand present challenges.

Jan 30, 2017

Climate Change

New signs of mythical city of Atlantis and its mysterious civilisation found in Spanish marsh

Plato's dialogues and archaeological work point to Atlantis' location adjacent to the strait of Gibraltar.

Jan 27, 2017

Andean bears are thriving in Incan citadel Machu Picchu

There are more bears than previously thought living in one of the most visited site in South America.

Jan 27, 2017

Conservation

Three-parent babies now allowed in UK: The historic decision explained

Here's why premature babies may face learning disabilities later in life

Some babies born too early are healthy but they may still face learning disabilities later in life.

Jan 27, 2017

Medieval pilgrim burial reveals new secrets about how leprosy reached Europe

One of the skeletons buried in the leprosy cemetery in Winchester appears to have been a pilgrim.

Jan 26, 2017

How LSD makes you see the world as 'meaningful'

LSD's effects on brain serotonin receptors make us attribute meanings to stimuli from our environment.

Jan 26, 2017

The first pig-human embryos have been created – paving the way for organs grown in animals

Chimeras will teach scientists about how human stem cells survive in animals and create organs, but they also raise ethical questions.

Jan 26, 2017

Mouse pancreas grown in rat then transplanted back 'cures' diabetes

The study shows it is possible to grow a mouse pancreas in a rat and to transplant it in another mouse.

Jan 25, 2017

The crypt keeper: Evil parasitic wasp named after Ancient Egyptian god of violence

E. set kills crypt wasp galls by eating their organs from inside and coming out through their heads.

Jan 25, 2017

Egypt

Graves of ancient Egypt's last children reveal widespread malnutrition

Twenty-nine bodies of children were analysed for signs of disease in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara.

Jan 25, 2017

Egypt

Bloody violence and political decline made the Maya civilisation collapse twice

One of the most detailed chronologies of the Maya civilisation at Ceibal, Guatemala, shares a light on its collapses.

Jan 23, 2017

Anthropology

Vast ancient necropolis in southern France reveals the path to Christianity was slow

More than 300 tombs were recovered in the town of the Bouc-Bel-Air.

Jan 23, 2017

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