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Permission for the first vertical space launch from UK soil by a British rocket company has been granted by the air safety regulator. The licence from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gives Glasgow-based Skyrora the green light to launch its Skylark L rocket from the SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland …

The number of students taking T-levels has increased each year, and there were 16,085 entrants in the 2023-24 academic year. The overall pass rate for the 7,262 students who received grades in July 2024 was 88.7%, down from 90.5% in 2023. But many T-level students do not complete their course. …

Getty Images Chris Hemsworth is best known as the hammer-wielding Norse god Thor in Marvel’s cinematic universe. But now the Australian actor is trading superpowers for science, introspection and a new set of personal challenges, many of which are far scarier than battling fictional villains. The 41-year-old is back for …

Scenario: A radiologist is looking at your brain scan and flags an abnormality in the basal ganglia. It’s an area of the brain that helps you with motor control, learning, and emotional processing. The name sounds a bit like another part of the brain, the basilar artery, which supplies blood …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that a novel treatment called regulation of cues combined with behavioral weight loss (ROC+BWL) was more effective than standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in reducing binge-eating among veterans with overweight or obesity. The benefits of …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain While overall dental health among young children in the U.S. has improved over the last two decades, adolescents have not experienced the same gains. A recent study in Western New York led by Rubelisa Oliveira, DDS, assistant professor at the University at Buffalo School of …

[ A) Illustration of the experimental design. B) Averaged power spectra and time–frequency representations (TFR) were extracted from two regions of interest. Credit: Imaging Neuroscience (2025). DOI: 10.1162/IMAG.a.69 Using a custom-built tool to analyze the electrical activity from neurons, researchers at Brown University have identified a brain-based biomarker that could …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Understanding exactly how psychedelics promote new connections in the brain is critical to developing targeted, non-hallucinogenic therapeutics that can treat neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases. To achieve this, researchers are mapping the biochemical pathways involved in both neuroplasticity and hallucinations. In new research led by the …

On the surface, all this seems positive. Certainly, reports from inside the club say the sports science team were delighted with the numbers from the early training sessions after Amorim’s players returned for the start of pre-season on 7 July. This, they reasoned, suggested the players had stuck to a …

Chinese students at UK universities are being pressured to spy on their classmates in an attempt to suppress the discussion of issues that are sensitive to the Chinese government, a new report suggests. The UK-China Transparency (UKCT) think tank says its survey of academics in China studies also highlighted reports …

It’s like real-world CSI, but for sea life. Warning: This report contains images of the dissection of an animal Lying dead on a cold steel slab at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a harbour porpoise, the UK’s smallest – but arguably cutest – marine mammal. It’s about to …

Looking for a smarter way to beat the summer heat without blasting your air conditioner all day? You might want to take a closer look at the houseplants sitting quietly on your windowsill. According to experts, certain indoor plants don’t just brighten up a room, they can literally lower the …

Great Britain enjoyed a difficult week in Singapore, winning just five medals and only one gold in the men’s 4x200m freestyle. While illness has caused issues in the camp, Aquatics GB performance director Chris Spice does not want that to be an excuse. “We don’t try to dwell on that. …

Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Bernardo Reyes-Tur A Polymita snail in its native forest habitat in Eastern Cuba Researchers have embarked on a mission to save what some consider to be the world’s most beautiful snails, and also unlock their biological secrets. Endangered Polymita tree snails, which are disappearing …

Philippa Roxby Health reporter BBC They are the bête noire of many nutritionists – mass-produced yet moreish foods like chicken nuggets, packaged snacks, fizzy drinks, ice cream or even sliced brown bread. So-called ultra-processed foods (UPF) account for 56% of calories consumed across the UK, and that figure is higher …

Catherine Burns Health Correspondent BBC The number of people taking ADHD medication is at a record high – and the NHS is feeling the strain as it tries to diagnose and treat the condition. Since 2015, the number of patients in England prescribed drugs to treat ADHD has nearly trebled, …

A volcano in Kamchatka has erupted for the first time in 600 years, in an event believed to be linked to this week’s huge earthquake in Russia’s far east, Russian media and scientists have said. The Krasheninnikov Volcano erupted overnight in the Kamchatka peninsula, which was the epicentre of the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dreading a task at the end of a long week? There may be a way to trick your brain into seeing that chore as a reward. “Dopamine anchoring” is the latest psychology hack making the rounds on social media. This technique involves …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In recent years, doctors and scientists are increasingly studying long-lasting illnesses that begin after someone recovers from an infection. Two of the most well-known examples are long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). It has been estimated that 400 million people, globally, may have …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A household sweetener could hold the potential to create an anti-cancer treatment. New research from Hiroshima University in Japan revealed that stevia leaf extract could help fight pancreatic cancer cells. The leaves of the stevia plant (Stevia rebaudiana) are used to make …