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One of the more significant challenges we face as parents is making sure our kids are growing at a healthy rate.

The megafires that tore through Australia’s forests in 2019–20 burnt more than ten million hectares. The tragedy prompted a massive research effort to understand how plants and animals were affected.

During the recent United States presidential election campaign, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) saw record high usage.

In Canada, intimate partner violence (IPV) is an epidemic. Approximately 44 per cent of women who have been in an intimate relationship — or about 6.2 million women aged 15 and older — have reported experiencing some form of psychological, physical or sexual abuse in a relationship at some point…

Only a few years ago, the menopause was a taboo subject – not spoken about in private or in public – but now celebrities including Davina McCall and Oprah Winfrey are speaking out about their experiences of going through the menopause.

Is it possible to heat the planet to dangerous levels and then cool it down later? Economic models charting the world’s path to net zero emissions say yes.

Sometime this autumn, the UK government is expected to publish its plan to “get Britain working again”.

An inspiring celebration of the rich heritage of embroidery, Stitched: Scotland’s Embroidered Art has opened its doors at Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios.

A former CEO and executive chairman of Google, recently suggested that the tech giant’s apparent lag in AI development was due to the company prioritising employees’ personal wellbeing over progress. Eric Schmidt told an audience: “Google decided that work-life balance and going home early and working from home was more…

Donald Trump was declared the winner of the US presidential election on November 6, sealing a historic and improbable return to the White House. His reelection has triggered speculation as to the state of world affairs once he assumes office in January.

Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It’s quite easily passed on from one person to another. But it originally came from infected animals.