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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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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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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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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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Cambridge Mind and Brain Institute launches to address challenges facing our brain health

Cambridge today announces a new institute focused on understanding and improving brain health across our lifespan, from early childhood through to old age. The Cambridge Mind and Brain Institute will ...
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A star is born: half billion-year-old fossil rewrites the origin story of starfish

Scientists have discovered several 518-million-year-old fossils that reshape the origins of the group of animals that contains starfish, and found that they ate their food using tentacles, and not ...
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One of the oldest known 3D animal fossils found in Norwegian sheep field

The fossil dates from around 560 million years ago, during the Ediacaran Period, when complex forms of life first appeared on Earth. The fossil, known as Charnia, looks more like a fern than anything ...
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Comparison of male and female fly brains is unlocking the secret workings of the mind

Scientists have produced the first full scale wiring map of a male adult animal’s brain and nerve cord, enabling unprecedented insights into how the brain works and controls behaviour. This full ...
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Cambridge to lead new £20m MRC Hub to transform development of new medicines using stem cells and AI

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced a £20 million investment in a new Pre-clinical Translational Models Hub, led by Cambridge, which will transform the development and testing of new ...
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Sexually transmitted diarrhoea spreading rapidly among some networks of gay men in the UK, study finds

Many men who have sex with men remain unaware of the growing risk posed by sexually transmitted Shigella, say researchers, as a new study shows variants are spreading quickly in the UK and evolving ...
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The project transforming classical music into an immersive bodily experience

Mainstream classical concert culture today ‘disembodies’ music and distances performers from their audience, a Cambridge academic argues. Drawing on very different ideas about music and the body from ...