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Much of our scientific knowledge comes from just two regions in Alaska and Sweden.
NHS plans to screen at risk fathers for postnatal depression.
Pink pigeons may make more charismatic subjects for our adoration, but their feral relatives who keep us company in towns and cities are just as deserving.
We found hundreds of local council workers willing to give out login details for government systems without realising.
Problem gambling among children has gone up, and it’s got everything to do with gambling-like features in video games.
The scientific explanations might not be definitive, but your brain is largely responsible.
Mexico’s new president is backing an initiative to regulate cannabis from seed to smoke. Here’s how legalisation would work, and why it’s a good proposal.
A video aimed at presenting the facts about Brexit repeats some of the same mistakes Remain supporters made before the 2016 referendum.
The government’s ambitious plans for T-levels might struggle to get off the ground given that further education colleges are already short of 20,000 staff.
It might seem counterintuitive, but what if giving MPs more freedom could stop the rebellion?
Osiris-REx will spend the next year looking for a good place to land on asteroid Bennu before it collects grains and brings them home.
We may only have 12 years to stop climate change and the landmark Paris Agreement of 2015 seems more in doubt than ever. What can we hope to come out of COP24?
Valuing nature is hardly natural.
More than just a musical accolade, UNESCO has recognised the social and political importance of Jamaican music.
The 1939 classic has influenced more films than any other film before or since.
Uncovering forgotten history can help explain why science still has a masculine bias today.
New experiment on the International Space Station could help us tackle muscle loss in astronauts.
The Earth’s core is cooling down, and one day it will be completely solid – when that happens, Earth might look a lot like Mars.
The realities of climate change look bleak, but is relying on a climate engineering project like solar radiation management the answer?
Nigeria’s first serious female presidential candidate could soon make her mark. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe remains in the economic doldrums.
Tamoxifen can reduce some women’s risk of getting breast cancer, so why are so many reluctant to use it?
While the world gathers to negotiate on climate change, governments must recognise the public desire for action on plastic pollution and work together to solve it.
Private finance crashed the economy and is too consumed by the profit motive to be a reliable ally against climate change. We should not allow COP24 to be their board meeting.
Earth is fast approaching the red lines that scientists have urged temperatures cannot cross if we have any hope of avoiding catastrophic climate change. Here are the emergency measures we need.