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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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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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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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Edinburgh writer and Birmingham student win 21st BBC Short Story Awards with Cambridge University

Edinburgh-based writer Cherise Saywell and Birmingham sixth former Eloise Barrett have been announced as the winners of the 2026 BBC National Short Story Award (NSSA) and BBC Young Writers’ Award (YWA ...
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What can you learn from a butterfly?

Pollen-eating Heliconius butterflies have remarkable powers of learning and memory. Professor Steve Montgomery is investigating what this can tell us about the evolution of brains and behaviour. Have ...