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"The heat is coming for everybody," Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, said as one of the season's earliest-onset heat waves scorches the United States. As officials heed heat wave warni...
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The brains of modern humans are around 13% smaller than those of Homo sapiens who lived 100,000 years ago.Exactly why is still puzzling researchers. Traditionally our "big brain" is thought to be what sets our species apart from other anim...
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Tai chi may help slow down the symptoms of Parkinson's disease for several years, a Chinese study suggests. Those who practised the martial art twice a week had fewer complications and better quality of life than those who didn't, the res...
The nights are drawing in, the schools are going back and a new Covid variant is circulating. It all sounds very familiar. But we are a long way from the autumn of 2020 when the coronavirus dominated our lives and there were different &qu...
Starbucks, the $124.4 billion global coffee giant, trails only McDonald’s as the largest restaurant chain by market capitalization. Until a few years ago, the massive coffee company held more mobile payment users than Apple Pay. But what actual...
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Flight turbulence has increased as climate change has warmed the planet, researchers say. Scientists at Reading University in the UK studied clear-air turbulence, which is harder for pilots to avoid. They found that severe turbul...
Prince Harry: Why was he in court? BBC News Review...
A blood test for more than 50 types of cancer has shown real promise in a major NHS trial, researchers say. The test correctly revealed two out of every three cancers among 5,000 people who had visited their GP with suspected symptom...
Last June, Nepal's tourism ministry announced plans to move Everest base camp lower down the famous mountain because global warming and human activity were making it unsafe. The camp sits on the Khumbu glacier which is thinning rapidly, c...
Did you see Penny Mordaunt carrying a huge sword at the coronation? Matt Chorley has been chatting to her about what it all means....
Ambitious targets to halt the decline in nature may already be slipping out of reach, a study suggests. Scientists say the effects of climate change and habitat loss on animal populations have been underestimated. They say bringi...
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