Kat Arney
Recent articles by Kat Arney
Viruses | How they shaped human evolution
Viruses give us infections from the common cold to COVID-19 and AIDS. But research shows that they may also have played a key role in shaping the evolution of Homo sapiens.
The naked mole rat's guide to eternal life
Immune to pain, free from cancer and living in a highly developed society with a queen - is there nothing naked mole rats can't do?
Unlocking the secrets of the brain
From autism and schizophrenia to Alzheimer’s, lab-grown mini-brains could be the key to solving the biggest mysteries about human development and disease
Psychedelic healing: could magic mushrooms help reboot the brain?
At any given moment, more than 3 per cent of the UK population are thought to be suffering from depression. For some people, like Kirk Rutter, symptoms persist despite treatment. Could psilocybin – the psychedelic drug found in magic mushrooms – help to put an end to depression by ‘rebooting’ the brain?