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Study raises hopes that shingles vaccine may delay onset of dementia

Researchers have raised hopes for delaying dementia after finding that a recently approved shingles vaccine was linked to a substantial reduction in diagnoses of the condition in the six years after receiving the shot.

25/07/2024

Starmer to take on Labour councils that block pylons delivering clean energy

Keir Starmer has pledged to take on Labour MPs and councils that try to block pylon networks delivering a planned new generation of clean electricity, as he promised the government’s plans would lower people’s bills in this parliament.

25/07/2024

Irish museum solves mystery of bronze age axe heads delivered in porridge box

When the national museum of Ireland received two 4,000-year-old axe heads, “thoughtfully” wrapped in foam inside a porridge box, from an anonymous source last month, it put out an appeal.

25/07/2024

Offshore wind to power 20m homes within five years, Starmer to pledge

Keir Starmer will promise to build enough offshore wind over the next five years to power 20m homes, by using taxpayer money to develop parts of the seabed owned by the royal family.

25/07/2024

Hens appear to blush when scared or excited, researchers find

Mark Twain wrote that “Man is the only animal that blushes – or needs to”. New research seems to have proved him wrong, however, with the discovery that hens have the capacity to blush and use other forms of facial expression.

24/07/2024

Tree bark plays vital role in removing methane from atmosphere, study finds

Microbes in the bark of trees play a vital role in removing methane from the atmosphere, scientists have discovered. The greenhouse gas is a product of agriculture and the burning of fossil fuels and is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

24/07/2024

How a plant identification app helped me find happiness and satisfaction

Eighteen months ago, I adopted a dog. Now I’m out on the streets of Brooklyn with my hound mix for at least an hour a day, strolling and wrestling discarded chicken bones from her jaws.

24/07/2024

Early mammal could help answer one of biology’s biggest question, say experts

The remains of a diminutive mouse-like creature that lived 166m years ago could help answer one of biology’s biggest questions of why mammals have become so successful, fossil experts say.

24/07/2024

Australian scientists genetically engineer common fly species to eat more of humanity’s waste

A team of Australian scientists is genetically engineering a common fly species so that it can eat more of humanity’s organic waste while producing ingredients for making everything from lubricants and biofuels to high-grade animal feeds.

24/07/2024

World’s oldest bus driver stays behind the wheel in part to donate to charity

The newly minted world’s oldest bus driver says he has been motivated to keep working past his 94th birthday partially because it allows him to donate to charity.

24/07/2024

Australia’s environment could be fixed and threatened species saved for just 0.3% of GDP, experts say

Saving Australia’s threatened wildlife, repairing degraded land and restoring ailing river systems is possible and would cost just 0.3% of Australia’s GDP, according to a new blueprint produced by more than 60 experts.

24/07/2024

Men may not be more attracted to scent of fertile women, study says

The widespread belief that men are more attracted to the scent of a woman when she is at her most fertile may not be true after all, researchers say.

24/07/2024