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The clocks go back, but now is not the time to hibernate

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The dark months make nature harder to access, but these simple activities will help you stay connected to it As the clocks go back today, it’s worth remembering that even though we may consider ourselves to be a nation of nature lovers, in a recent study people in the UK were found to be more disconnected from the natural world than most of our European neighbours. And the result is a decline not

Lost Maya city with temple pyramids and plazas discovered in Mexico

Mayan city rediscovered in jungle

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Archaeologists draw on laser mapping to find city they have named Valeriana, thought to have been founded pre-AD150 After swapping machetes and binoculars for computer screens and laser mapping, a team of researchers have stumbled on a lost Maya city of temple pyramids, enclosed plazas and a reservoir, all of which had been hidden for centuries by the Mexican jungle. The discovery in the south-ea

Under-vaccinated ethnic minority groups in UK at higher risk of Covid

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Research shows up to 80% in some communities missed getting full vaccine jabs People from ethnic minority groups in the UK are twice as likely to be under-vaccinated against Covid-19 compared with individuals who have a white British background. That is the striking finding of a study carried out by scientists at Health Data Research UK , which indicates that people from these groups are more lik

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The US tech startup promising smarter babies – podcast

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A startup company, Heliospect Genomics, is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises questions about the ethics of genetic enhancement. Science correspondent Hannah Devlin tells Madeleine Finlay about the joint investigation into the company by the Guardian and the campaign group Hope Not Hate US startup charging couples to ‘screen emb

Animals become less sociable as they age in similar way to humans, research shows

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While decline in interactions is seen as negative for humans, it can have health benefits for animals While Victor Meldrew was a cantankerous caricature, humans are known to become less social as they get older. Now researchers say we are not alone with many animals behaving in the same way – and the trait is not always a bad thing. Experts studying animals from wild deer to insects, monkeys and

Did you solve it? How to outsmart a shy voter

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The answer to today’s polling puzzle Earlier today I asked you the following puzzle , about voters who give wrong answers to opinion polls because they embarrassed to admit to their preferences. Here it is again with a solution. The shy voter puzzle Continue reading...

Using avatars in psychosis therapy can help those who hear voices, study finds

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Therapy involves patients talking with animated digital representations of voices they hear ‘You tried to tell yourself I wasn’t real’: what happens when people with acute psychosis meet the voices in their heads? Digital characters – avatars – could help people with psychosis hear voices less often and reduce the distress caused, research suggests. The therapy involves a series of guided session

Stephan Harding obituary

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My friend and colleague Stephan Harding, who has died aged 71, was a scientist, ecologist and teacher. At the heart of his work lay his deep feeling for the Earth and his belief in the planet as a living intelligence. As teacher and resident ecologist, he was one of the five founding faculty at Schumacher College, a progressive institution for ecological studies created in 1991 as part of Darting

‘People didn’t believe Africa could be a source of innovation’: how the continent holds the key to future drug research

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Prof Kelly Chibale says the world is failing to take advantage of African genetic diversity, and everyone could be losing out Africa has the greatest variety in human genes anywhere on the planet but the world is failing to capitalise on it, according one of the continent’s leading scientists, Prof Kelly Chibale, a man determined to change that. He believes the birthplace of humanity could hold t

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Feel it in your bones: taking the pain out of osteoporosis

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More than half the women in the UK over the age of 50 will suffer a fracture. But can more awareness – and some heavy lifting – help us beat many of the effects of osteoporosis? Imagine a room full of women. Imagine half of them breaking a bone. What will it be? Hip? Spine? Wrist? Neck? Imagine the plaster casts, the metal screws, the pain, the immobility, the grief – a third of those who break a

Can you solve it? How to outsmart a shy voter

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The perils of opinion polls UPDATE: Solution now up Today’s puzzle is about voters who are embarrassed to tell pollsters what they really think. In elections past, right wing parties like the Conservatives have often done better than opinion polls predict. One explanation is that ‘shy Tory’ voters lie to pollsters because they are embarrassed to admit their preferences in public. With the US poll

Researchers study treatment for chronic pain in childhood cancer survivors

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Team at Nottingham Trent University is investigating how chemotherapy in early life could damage nerve cells Treatments that could help alleviate the chronic pain experienced by thousands of childhood cancer survivors are being investigated by scientists and researchers in the UK. About eight out of 10 children survive their cancer for 10 years or more but more than half of them report delayed an

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