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Winter sea ice loss may be underestimated, according to ancient clues from a warmer Arctic

Future Arctic winter sea ice is likely to shrink by around one million square kilometres more than previously thought, after researchers used clues from a warm period 6,000 years ago to improve the ...
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Fatal Neanderthal wound may be earliest evidence of a wooden spear attack on a human ancestor

A circular hole in a 75,000-year-old scapula suggests lethal conflict involving sharpened wooden spears among Neanderthals in ...
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Children and young people broadly support health data research – but want safeguards

Children and young people broadly support the use of health data for research that could improve lives, but they want strong safeguards, transparency, and greater involvement in decisions about how ...
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What can you learn from a butterfly?

Professor Steve Montgomery is investigating what the pollen-eating behaviour of Heliconius butterflies can teach us about the evolution of brains and behaviour.
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From sick-care to health-care

Who? Founder and CEO of two biotech companies, a UKRI Innovation Scholar and researcher in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences with two PhDs under her belt, Dr Gita Khalili Moghaddam is getting ...
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Reading for pleasure - and for better health

Reading for pleasure – from tucking into a Jane Austen classic to devouring a Heartstopper graphic novel – is linked to better mental health, greater empathy and a lower risk of dementia, say ...
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Procrastination: thief of more than time

Procrastination is on the rise, partly because of digital distractions and modern work, a new book warns. Working out which types of procrastinators we are is crucial to overcoming a problem that ...
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Females with autoimmune diseases ‘less likely to be believed’ than males and face longer diagnostic delays

Females with autoimmune diseases are significantly more likely than males to have their autoimmune disease misdiagnosed as a psychiatric or psychosomatic condition, according to a study of more than 6 ...
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One in twenty workers are in ‘useless’ jobs – far fewer than previously thought

The so-called ‘bullshit jobs theory’ – which argues that a large and rapidly increasing number of workers are undertaking jobs that they themselves recognise as being useless and of no social value – ...
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Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92

As well as being a towering figure in developmental and stem cell biology...Sir John Gurdon was an inspiration to us all. Ben Simons Sir John was a visionary in the field of developmental biology, ...
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First use of precision editing to study human embryo development reveals role of master gene

Scientists have, for the first time, used an extremely precise genome editing technique called base editing to study gene function in human embryos. They found that a gene called NANOG is essential ...
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Helping adolescents to feel competent and purposeful – not just happy – may improve grades

Encouraging adolescents to feel capable and purposeful – rather than just happy – could improve their academic results as well as their mental health, according to new research which recommends ...