A new analysis of polygenic scores for depression and bipolar disorder reveals these genetic markers consistently predict treatment outcomes across major mental health disorders with modest but meaningful effects. While the predictive power remains limited, researchers identify promising patterns that could eventually inform personalized psychiatric care when combined with clinical and environmental factors.

New research cast doubts over suggestions an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland, 5500 years ago. A paper led by researchers from University College Dublin has questioned the belief that burial within the ‘mega’ passage tomb of Newgrange was the preserve of kings and other dignitaries, who represented a dynasty that practised incest. Such claims were widely reported in the media following the discovery that a skull fragment found inside the tomb chamber of this Stone Age monument came from a man who was the product of either a brother-sister or parent-child pairing.

The military prides itself on loyalty and respect but those values must extend to how they treat those who leave service.

A new study analysed responses from nearly 400 former Australian Defence Force (ADF) members, uncovering widespread dissatisfaction with their discharge including reporting overt abuses of power and objectively harmful actions, such as finding their belongings packed up and removed from base and being marched off base without notice or means of travel.

The military prides itself on loyalty and respect but those values must extend to how they treat those who leave service.

A new study analysed responses from nearly 400 former Australian Defence Force (ADF) members, uncovering widespread dissatisfaction with their discharge including reporting overt abuses of power and objectively harmful actions, such as finding their belongings packed up and removed from base and being marched off base without notice or means of travel.

New research has cast doubts over suggestions an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland more than 5,000 years ago.

Researchers from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), alongside collaborators from China, Germany, and France, analyzed the pyrogenic carbon record in a 300,000-year-old sediment core from the East China Sea. Their findings challenge the widely held belief that humans only began influencing environment with fire in the recent past, during the Holocene.