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Michelle Taylor Dr Michelle Taylor’s research team made international headlines when they discovered an elusive colossal squid As Dr Michelle Taylor took a moment to breathe in the icy Antarctic air, a stark realisation sunk in. The nearest humans, aside from her immediate colleagues, were hundreds of miles away on …

[ A quantitative trait locus graph showing that the Homer1 gene region is associated with behavioral divergence in attention. Credit: Rajasethupathy lab/The Rockefeller University Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise. The brain is constantly bombarded with information, and focus depends …

Penny MacmillanBBC Scotland News BBC Lara Porter said the change would make people in the village more vulnerable Villagers in a remote part of southern Scotland say the rollout of digital-only systems to replace analogue landlines will cut off their communications during emergencies. Eskdalemuir has little or no mobile phone …

The market seems to be content, for now at least, to keep betting big on AI. While the value of some companies integral to the AI boom like Nvidia, Oracle and Coreweave have seen their value fall since the highs of the mid-2025, the US stockmarket remains dominated by investment …

Kate McGoughEducation reporter Dan Nelson / BBC Many children find themselves singing at school in the run up to Christmas – at a nativity play or carol concert, often with parents watching proudly on. But new data suggests singing is a much less common occurrence throughout the rest of the …

[ Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Metabolism (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.11.006 People with type 2 diabetes may be able to improve their blood sugar by doing something as simple as sitting by a window for a few hours each day. In a study published in Cell Metabolism, scientists showed that natural daylight …

Reach Angela Main, pictured in 2018 with her son Leon Adams, who was left with severe brain injuries and needing 24/7 care after being attacked in 2002 The mother of a man who died two decades after being brutally beaten has said “somebody knows who wrecked my son’s life” as …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has provided the first direct evidence that schizophrenia is associated with a greater release of serotonin in the frontal cortex, and demonstrates its link to a greater severity of some …

Available for over a year The future looks bright… thanks to rising artificial light pollution. Our towns and cities are more illuminated than they have ever been. And this light might be spilling over into our lives and impacting our health. Recent headlines have linked exposure to artificial light at …

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Our Experts Written by  Mercey Livingston Written by  Nasha Addarich Martínez Article updated on December 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM PST Mercey Livingston CNET Contributor Mercey Livingston is a health and wellness writer and certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. She’s written about fitness and wellness for Well+Good, Women’s Health, Business Insider, …

Samuel Moore Samuel and Karl were featured alongside West End professionals in a special section of the show Three Northern Irish amateur dramatics performers said it was “a bit surreal” to be invited take centre stage at the Royal Albert Hall alongside West End stars. Karl McGuckin, Samuel Moore and …

An engineer has become the first wheelchair user to go to the edge of space. Joined by five other passengers on board the Blue Origin flight that took off from Texas on Saturday, Michaela Benthaus said she laughed for the entire journey up to the atmosphere. “It was the coolest …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sigourney Weaver revealed how her late actress mother Elizabeth Inglis tried to discourage her from following in her footsteps.  Inglis was a British actress who had a successful stage career in the 1930s and appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 thriller “The 39 …

RJ Scaringe is sitting in Rivian’s Palo Alto offices, explaining why the adventure-themed EV company suddenly decided to build its own self-driving cars, when an unexpected guest glides by the window outside: Waymo. A robotaxi from the Alphabet-owned company pulls up outside the office. The passenger, an analyst from Goldman …

[ Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child’s developing brain. Source link

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Flu should always be taken seriously. It is a virus that kills thousands of people every winter and puts intense strain on hospitals. However, I can’t remember a flu season that has played out quite like this. There have been claims it is …

The US Department of Energy and two dozen AI labs and companies this week announced collaborations aimed at boosting the use of artificial intelligence in scientific research. This week’s news focused mostly on organizations in the AI and computing industries, with the goal of building a platform for what the …

[ Acute systemic inflammation has long been suspected to trigger harmful processes within the brain, contributing to neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. A new study published online in the Journal of Proteome Research on November 30, 2025, led by Professor Kei Zaitsu from the Faculty of Biology-Oriented …

Rapid advances in AI and robotics are set to become both powerful tools for police and potent weapons for criminals, a 48-page report from pan-European police agency Europol argues. Earlier this month, Europol’s Innovation Lab published “The Unmanned Future(s): The impact of robotics and unmanned systems on law enforcement.” The …