Water is important for your health, but it can't boost weight loss. Prostock-studio/ Shutterstock It’s often claimed that if you’re trying to lose weight, one of the things you should do each day is drink plenty of water – with some internet advice even suggesting this should be as muchContinue Reading
Pteranodon was a large-bodied pterosaur. YuRi Photolife / Shutterstock Our understanding of animal behaviour depends on observation. Researchers can study how animals are born, grow and develop. We can gather evidence of how they interact with each other and their environment. But how do we do this for extinct animals?Continue Reading
S cotland’s Deputy First Minister has rejected calls to field a single pro-independence candidate in Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Former first minister and Alba Party leader Alex Salmond said his former party was heading for “electoral disaster” if the pro-independence vote is split. In an open letter to First MinisterContinue Reading
A lex Salmond has warned that his former party faces “electoral disaster” if it does not back Alba’s calls to put up a single independence candidate in a forthcoming by-election. The former Scottish first minister and SNP party leader has written an open letter to First Minister Humza Yousaf toContinue Reading
U K ministers, journalists, media representatives and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court are among 54 British nationals to have been banned from entering Russia. BBC journalist Ros Atkins, known for his popular explainer-style videos, is among those included on the list, along with Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer andContinue Reading
C ouncils and police are being urged to “turn a blind eye” to pubs opening early for the women’s football World Cup final. MPs have called on the authorities to ignore instances of publicans serving outside of their usual Sunday hours, after warnings that licensing rules mean leave some venuesContinue Reading
When Paula Rego was asked to paint a mural for the dining room of the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing in 1990, it “seemed a thoughtless insult”, said Laura Cumming in The Observer. The artist, who died last year aged 87, was renowned for focusing on the kinds of people normallyContinue Reading
M ore than 120,000 children in the UK are living in the most extreme form of poverty, according to a charity survey which suggested the situation has worsened since last year. A rise in levels of destitution has been described as “stark and worrying” by Buttle UK, which works withContinue Reading
shutterstock Just days after being moved in, people seeking asylum were removed from the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge due to legionella bacteria on board. Dorset council, where the barge is located, has raised concerns that delays in removing people increased their risk of exposure to the potentially fatal bacteria. EvenContinue Reading
Psychedelics can help uncover consciousness. agsandrew/Shutterstock Psychedelics are known for inducing altered states of consciousness in humans by fundamentally changing our normal pattern of sensory perception, thought and emotion. Research into the therapeutic potential of psychedelics has increased significantly in the last decade. While this research is important, I haveContinue Reading
