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Scientists stumped as lab monkeys play video games without expecting any reward
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Monkeys voluntarily spent long periods playing a touchscreen video game for a new study, driven purely by curiosity without any foodContinue Reading
STV staff walk out on strike on day of Holyrood election count
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World Seniors Championship branded ‘a disgrace’ as snooker star lashes out
As a result, the match between Matthew Stevens and Dominic Dale, which had started, had to be paused. Stevens had earlier looked on in disbelief after both the cue ball and a red jump bounced during an attempted pot. They eventually resumed on the other table but only after theContinue Reading
Health officials across the world are racing to track contacts of hantavirus victims
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Health officials are optimistic that a recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, which has tragically claimed three lives, will notContinue Reading
Meta Sues Ofcom Over Online Safety Act Fines
The owner of Facebook and Instagram has taken the UK’s media regulator to the high court, opening a fresh front in the increasingly fractious relationship between Silicon Valley and Britain’s online safety regime. Meta has filed for a judicial review of Ofcom’s methodology for setting fees and penalties under theContinue Reading
Male birth-control breakthrough turns sperm production off and back on
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Scientists have developed a method to temporarily halt the production of sperm cells without damaging surrounding tissues, an advance that couldContinue Reading
Local election results demonstrate ‘fracturing of British politics’, says polling guru John Curtice
Polling guru Sir John Curtice said the incoming results at the local elections so far indicate the “fracturing of British politics”. He explained that Reform UK, which is expected to be the big winners of the contest, are “not quite at 30 per cent of the vote” and “none ofContinue Reading
The anti-Irish racist history of ‘fenian’ and why rappers Kneecap are reclaiming it
Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Irish hip-hop group Kneecap recently released their latest album, called Fenian. A proud reclamation of a painful derogatoryContinue Reading
British Airways’ parent company expects £1.7bn hit from higher fuel bill
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Common kitchen ingredient could be key to keeping muscles strong in old age
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A compound derived from aged garlic has been found to preserve muscle strength in old age, a discovery that underlines theContinue Reading