Exotic shorthair cats are popular in the US but they struggle with health problems.
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The genetic mutations responsible for the unusual physical features in animals can also cause great harm.
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Are Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves focusing on the same criteria for economic competence as Britain’s voters?
Microbes and algae on the seabed produce huge amounts of oxygen that often form bubbles.
Marco Fusi
Marine species respond to ocean deoxygenation in different ways depending on where in the ocean they live.
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Some farmers are bewildered and anxious about changes to the way they work.
Alisha Weir as Abigail.
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Though she appears to be a child, we soon learn Abigail is centuries old, and has developed a habit for ‘playing with [her] food’
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There isn’t much lesson time for international languages.
Perseverance rover taking a selfie on Mars.
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There’s anxiety among space scientists following Nasa’s decision to rethink sample return mission from Mars.
Around ten million people in the UK experience migraines.
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In one trial, atogepant was shown to reduce the number of migraine days a person had each month by 30%.
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The treaty focuses on ending plastic pollution, not eliminating the use of plastics. But some countries are more ambitious than others.
Business failures are on the rise in Britain.
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The law can help struggling firms turn their business around, but stigma around the legal terms may be deterring companies from acting in time.
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A young white southern belle asks a woman not to cheat with her man while an older Black southern queen warns a woman against cheating with her husband.
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The promised weapons will give Ukraine some breathing space on the battlefield, but victory against Russia is far from assured.
Beth Garrabrant
In the album, Swift claims that she can use heartbreak as a stimulus for creativity, rather than allow it to dictate her everyday life.
Vulture Capitalism argues that there’s no fixing the system.
Bloomsbury
Despite being an unashamedly Marxist critique of the economic consensus, Vulture Capitalism has been making bestseller lists.
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Dungeons and Dragons may soon be used be psychotherapists.
Georgians attend a protest against a bill on ‘foreign agents’ near the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 16 2024.
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Georgians have taken to the streets to protest a Putin-style ‘foreign agents’ law.
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Whether true or not, the UK’s political parties have failed to quash the perception that they prioritise cities.
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Warmer water holds less oxygen, while warmer fish need more oxygen.
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Dozens of people in Argentina are critically ill with ‘atypical’ pneumonia. But this is unlikely to be another pandemic looming.
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In psychology it’s known as the gender-equality paradox.
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Wildlife scientist and whale snot expert Vanessa Pirotta joins us on the first episode of The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.
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The Homelessness World Cup is a real tournament that has helped hundreds of people all around the world.
The storm over Dubai, April 2024.
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Some parts of the Gulf experienced 18 months of rain in a single day.
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There is not much consensus on what the root causes of migration actually are, and little evidence to show that addressing them actually reduces migration.
There is no comprehensive system for recording hate graffiti in the UK.
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The UK lacks a comprehensive system for recording hateful graffiti and imagery, something which researchers argue must change.