Many of us look forward to sharing Christmas dinner with friends and family.
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Body weight is affected by many factors – so it’s possible that even if different people ate the exact same foods at Christmas, one may gain more weight.
Wandering albatrosses can cover huge distances in a single trip.
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Scientists have long been baffled by how seabirds decide where to go on their long journeys. Our study of wandering albatrosses offers new clues.
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Women are catching up with men’s drug use.
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People who take antiretroviral drugs have a much lower risk of getting multiple sclerosis – especially women.
Christmas day is actually the least busy day in A&E during the holidays.
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Some of the reasons people end up in A&E at Christmas are unique to the season.
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Our own family Christmas’s can be minefields but going to someone else’s can be equally challenging. Here are some tips on navigating someone else’s family holidays
Fraud can happen to anyone.
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Recent studies have shown fraud is an even bigger problem than people realise.
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Impress your niece or nephew with these T rex facts.
Many governments gave out payments during COVID to support citizens.
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Cash transfers have emerged as an essential part of social protection systems globally, most recently during COVID lockdowns.
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Neuromorphic computers aim to one day replicate the amazing efficiency of the brain.
A Tristram’s starling (Onychognathus tristramii) in flight over the Eilat mountains.
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H.B. Tristram was a Victorian clergyman and ornithologist who categorised a list of birds he’d found in Palestine.
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mRNA vaccines are very safe, but this problem needed to be fixed for future mRNA therapies.
Matthew Perry.
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Perry was being legally prescribed infusions of ketamine.
Donald Trump wearing a Make America Great Again hat.
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Populist leaders are winning support around the world, with their anti-elite messages.
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Gut bacteria consume the nutrients that harmful pathogens need to survive, thereby keeping them in check, a new study finds.
Our ability to make vitamin D declines in the winter.
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In the UK, it’s recommended people aim to get at least 400IU of vitamin D a day.
Pregnancy sickness is believed to affect 7 in 10 women.
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New research has uncovered the hormone that triggers morning sickness, offering hope for millions of women.
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As long as there is war and persecution, there will be people in need of protection.
Blackpool’s seafront.
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Research shows that coastal communities such as Blackpool have worse health and economic outcomes than their inland neighbours in the UK.
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‘Breath emissions’ are around 0.05% of the UK’s total methane emissions.