‘Vegetarian’ giant tortoise filmed attacking and eating seabird

Researchers have captured on film the moment when a Seychelles giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, attacked and ate a tern chick. This is the first

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Aug. 23, 2021 ~3 min

Mathematical model predicts best way to build muscle

Researchers have developed a mathematical model that can predict the optimum exercise regime for building muscle.

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Aug. 23, 2021 ~8 min


Worsening GP shortages in disadvantaged areas likely to widen health inequalities

Areas of high socioeconomic disadvantaged are being worst hit by shortages of GPs, a trend that is only worsening with time and is likely to widen pre-existing

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Aug. 18, 2021 ~6 min

Ageing cuttlefish can remember the details of last week’s dinner

Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and when specific things happened - right up to their last few days of life, researchers have found.

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Aug. 18, 2021 ~4 min

Europe-wide political divide emerging between cities and countryside – study

“Geography of disillusion” poses a major challenge for democratic countries across the continent, according to researchers.

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Aug. 17, 2021 ~6 min

Discovery of origin of oesophageal cancer cells highlights importance of screening for pre-cancerous Barrett’s oesophagus

Abnormal cells that go on develop into oesophageal cancer – cancer that affects the tube connecting the mouth and stomach – start life as cells of the stomach,

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Aug. 12, 2021 ~6 min

Minor volcanic eruptions could ‘cascade’ into global catastrophe, experts warn

Researchers call for a shift in focus away from risks of “super-volcanic” eruptions and towards likelier scenarios of smaller eruptions in key global “pinch

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Aug. 6, 2021 ~5 min

Heads reveal how ‘overwhelming’ Government guidance held schools back as COVID hit

Headteachers and school leaders have described how an ‘avalanche’ of confused and shifting Government guidance severely impeded schools during the critical

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Aug. 5, 2021 ~7 min


Lab-grown beating heart cells identify potential drug to prevent COVID-19-related heart damage

Cambridge scientists have grown beating heart cells in the lab and shown how they are vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection. In a study published in

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Aug. 5, 2021 ~4 min

Artificial pancreas trialled for outpatients with type 2 diabetes for first time

An artificial pancreas could soon help those people living with type 2 diabetes who also require kidney dialysis. Tests led by the University of Cambridge and

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Aug. 4, 2021 ~7 min

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