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You may have noticed vitamin E on the label of your favorite skin-care products. It’s a nutrient that can help protect your skin from UV damage, making it a common ingredient for facial sunscreens. But vitamin E isn’t just applied topically — you also need to get it in your …

Georgia Roberts Political reporter, BBC Derby BBC Alan Graves said there should be a debate over whether too many children are receiving council-funded support for special needs Parents have accused the leader of Derbyshire County Council of “ignorance” after he claimed children were being “overdiagnosed” with special educational needs. Alan …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Do you have a meditation app on your smartphone, computer or wearable device? Well, you’re not alone. There are now thousands of meditation apps available worldwide, the top 10 of which have been collectively downloaded more than 300 million times. What’s more, early work on …

I keep hearing the same sentence repeating in my head. “My vision is that every American is wearing a wearable within four years.” RFK Jr., our current secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said this at a congressional hearing at the end of June. Wearables, he said, …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators report that physicians who attract more unsolicited patient complaints also tend to accept larger nonresearch payments from industry. Patient welfare is the foundation of medical professionalism. Unprofessional behavior can put patients at risk …

Now that we’re about halfway into the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, we can take stock of his administration’s destruction of online environmental resources. It’s worse than last time. It’s also, seemingly, just the beginning — paving the way forward for the president’s polluting agenda. A watchdog …

Fiona Irving BBC News, South East A female worker Asian hornet fitted with a transmitter Tiny tracking devices, weighing less than 160mg, are being hailed a “game-changer” in the fight against the invasive Asian hornet. The National Bee Unit has begun trialling this ground-breaking technology, fitting transmitters to hornets in …

NASA Astronaut Jim Lovell, who guided the Apollo 13 mission safely back to Earth in 1970, has died aged 97. Nasa said he had “turned a potential tragedy into a success” after an attempt to land on the Moon was aborted because of an explosion onboard the spacecraft while it …

BBC Lili Jones, 19, from Wrexham, says it was “such a privilege” to receive one of Wales’ highest honours at the National Eisteddfod A Wrexham footballer says it’s “such a privilege” to receive one of Wales’ highest honours at the National Eisteddfod. Lili Jones, 19, who has played since the …

In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. BBC climate and science reporter Esme Stallard explains why 80 years on, the radiation from the explosions is undetectable. World War Two in Europe ended in May 1945 but the Allies, including the …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Aggressive immigration practices—such as detention, deportation, and workplace raids—are contributing to widespread emotional trauma among both immigrant and U.S.-born children living in mixed-status households, according to a report published by a team of mental health professionals in the School of Medicine at the University of …

[ Graphical abstract. Credit: Cancer Cell (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2025.07.010 A study led by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center helps explain why a rare and hyper-aggressive subtype of kidney cancer is susceptible to immunotherapy—information that helped researchers create a first-of-its-kind tool to guide treatment decisions for advanced kidney cancers. The collaborative …

Head coach Ruben Amorim has his own office but chief executive Omar Berrada does not, though one can swiftly be made available should it be required. The boardroom has windows -but a heavy curtain should it be required when matters of importance and secrecy are being discussed. Coaches, analysts, recruitment …

The remains of three 9/11 victims have been identified thanks to evolving DNA technology, New York City authorities have said. Officials announced on Thursday that they have identified the remains of Ryan D. Fitzgerald, a 26-year-old currency trader, Barbara A Keating, a 72-year-old retired non-profit executive, and another woman, whose …

Getty Images Thousands of T-level students in England will soon be getting their grades. Results day is Thursday 14 August for students doing T-levels, A-levels and other Level 3 vocational courses. Here is everything you need to know about T-levels. What are T-levels, how are they marked, and what are …

Chloe Aslett BBC News, Yorkshire Family handout Harvey Willgoose “loved his friends like he loved his family”, his mum said When Harvey Willgoose left for school on 3 February, neither he, nor those who knew and loved him, had any idea he would not return home again. This is the …

Getty Images T-level students will be able to work remotely for part of their work placement from January 2025, the government has announced. On average, 20% of the placement will be done from home. For digital T-level courses, up to 50% of the placement could be remote. The Department for …

Chatbots are genuinely impressive when you watch them do things they’re good at, like writing a basic email or creating weird futuristic-looking images. But ask generative AI to solve one of those puzzles in the back of a newspaper, and things can quickly go off the rails. That’s what researchers …

[ Axon bundles in the human retinal nerve fiber layer. Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-025-02011-3 The human brain builds mental representations of the world based on the signals and information detected via the human senses. While we perceive simultaneously occurring sensory stimuli as being synchronized, the generation and transmission …