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New ‘sponge’ cancer test to be trialled in high-street pharmacies

Hundreds of people experiencing persistent heartburn or acid reflux will soon be offered a “sponge on a string” test in high-street pharmacies.

09/07/2025 The Independent

Women are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s as men. Scientists have figured out why

Experts have long known that women are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. They’re twice as likely to be affected as men. Now scientists say they may be on their way to understanding why that’s the case - pinpointing two stark…

09/07/2025 The Independent

Empty nesters reveal what it's really like when kids move out in 2025

Jamie Delaney didn’t know what to expect when she became an empty nester in 2023. She'd left her full-time job as a professor in child psychology 12 years ago to stay home with her two kids. Once her youngest went off to college in Florida, Delaney…

09/07/2025 USA Today

Herpes virus could soon be approved to treat severe skin cancer

A cancer-killing virus could soon be approved for use after shrinking tumours in a third of people with late-stage melanoma

08/07/2025 NewScientist

The truth about ivermectin’s supposed health benefits

Interest in the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin skyrocketed during the covid-19 pandemic, but evidence for many of its supposed health claims are lacking

08/07/2025 NewScientist

What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” just signed by President Trump will slash support for clean energy, leaving the US far short of its Paris Agreement pledge

08/07/2025 NewScientist

American science is in crisis. It’s a great opportunity for Australia to snap up top scientists

As the US cuts science funding and international cooperation, Australia and other countries see a chance to capitalise on this American brain drain.

08/07/2025 The Conversation

Greek and Roman nymphs weren’t just sexy nature spirits. They had other important jobs too

Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world and connected with their landscape.

08/07/2025 The Conversation

Can a pizza box go in the yellow bin – or not? An expert answers this and other messy recycling questions

Research shows most Australians believe they are good recyclers – but they’re often wrong. Here’s how to avoid common recycling mistakes.

08/07/2025 The Conversation

After dire wolf, Peter Jackson wants to bring back long-gone bird

Peter Jackson is best known for directing and producing movies such as The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films and "The Beatles: Get Back." Now, he's helping direct a project to resurrect long-extinct bird species in New Zealand.

08/07/2025 USA Today

The AI Civil War Is Here

The story unfolds so rapidly that it can all seem, at a glance, preordained. After transferring to Columbia last fall, as Chungin “Roy” Lee tells it, he used AI to cheat his way through school, used AI to cheat his way through internship interviews…

08/07/2025 The Atlantic

AI is driving down the price of knowledge – universities have to rethink what they offer

Universities have relied on expert knowledge being scarce, but AI is changing that. Tuition now needs to focus on human skills that machines still struggle to copy.

08/07/2025 The Conversation

70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world

08/07/2025 NewScientist

Neolithic farming halls older than Stonehenge discovered beneath school

Archaeologists say the discovery of what they believe is the largest hall found in Scotland is ‘exceptional’

08/07/2025 The Independent

I rode the Tour de France to study its impact on the human body – here’s what I learned

What happens when amateurs take on the Tour de France route? Fatigue, triumph and lessons in endurance.

08/07/2025 The Conversation

Golden eagles were reintroduced to Ireland, but without prey they’re now struggling to thrive

Rewilding isn’t just about reintroducing predators. Without prey and habitat restoration, even wild-looking landscapes can’t support them.

08/07/2025 The Conversation