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One Dose of Psilocybin Produces Measurable Brain Changes Lasting Up to 30 Days, New Human Study Finds

A Nature Communications study found one dose of psilocybin changed brain structure and activity for up to 30 days in 28 healthy adults. Here is what the findings mean for mental health research.

Medical Daily

Type 2 Diabetes Jumped 69% in Young Women, Nearly 60% Higher Than in Men, as Obesity Starts Earlier

A study reveals a 69% rise in type 2 diabetes among young women in England since 2011, highlighting early obesity as a key factor. The NHS is responding with targeted initiatives.

International Business Times UK

Jeremy Clarkson's Prostate Cancer Treatment Could Change How Millions of Men Are Treated, 10-Year Study Finds

Jeremy Clarkson's focal therapy for prostate cancer highlights new 10-year NHS research showing targeted treatment may match surgery and radiation outcomes while reducing urinary and sexual side effects.

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She Quit Her Software Engineer Job, Used AI to Teach Herself Baking, and Now Sells Out Pop-Ups

Sabrina Lim left her banking career to become a baker, using AI to learn bread-making. Her journey highlights determination, innovation, and the power of technology in career transformation.

International Business Times UK

Prostate cancer treatment used by Jeremy Clarkson as effective as radiotherapy

The UK Government recently announced that extra funding would go towards expanding the provision of focal therapy

The Independent UK

How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands

Adaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warn

The Guardian - UK

Heatwaves killed 1,000 people in London and South East in May and June, alarming report reveals

‘We now live in a country with dangerously hot summers,’ says Dr Clair Barnes, from Imperial College London

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More than 2700 excess heat deaths recorded in England and Wales in just two months

More than 2700 people died from heat-related causes during May and June’s record hot spells in England and Wales, experts have estimated

The National (Scotland)

Deadly climate impact: 2,700 heat-linked deaths in recent heatwaves, experts say

Researchers estimate hundreds more people died in May and June’s record hot spells than would have done without climate change.

Evening Standard

Patients Can Be Identified from Medical AI Training Data with Near-Perfect Accuracy, New Study Finds

A Nature study found medical AI training data can identify individual patients at near-perfect accuracy. Racial minorities and rare disease patients face the highest risk.

Medical Daily

Obese adults heart attack risk now similar to slim people thanks to widespread use of statins, study finds

Statins, a cholesterol lowering drug taken by about 8 million people in the UK, could be narrowing the heart attack risk between obese adults and those of a healthy weight

The Independent UK

Scientists 'Fully Engineer' World's First Cell Built from Scratch, as Experts Debate on What Counts as Life

Researchers have developed 'SpudCell', a synthetic cell capable of self-feeding, growth, and division, marking a milestone in synthetic biology and sparking debate over the definition of life.

International Business Times UK

In 1976, a comparable European heatwave would have been 3.5°C cooler; June 2026's just broke records in 45% of 850 cities

Europe's recent scorching heatwave is a stark indicator of human-caused climate change, a new study reveals. Scientists found that a similar 1976 heatwave would have been significantly cooler, highlighting how drastically the continent's climate has shifted. Nearly half of major European cities experienced record heat stress, underscoring the urgent need…

The Times of India

Climate change to blame for intensity of Europe heatwave: scientists

PARIS — Human-caused climate change is "unequivocally" responsible for the intensity of a record-breaking heatwave scorching Europe, scientists said Friday.

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The Independent UK

Record-breaking heatwave virtually impossible 50 years ago, scientists warn

Climate change is causing the record heat that is disrupting life across much of Europe.

Euronews

‘Climate change is running rampant’: Europe’s heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ 50 years ago

“Continued fossil-fuel emissions are directly responsible for the disruption people are experiencing this week,” climate scientists warn.

The Guardian - UK

European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say

Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring their worst ever heat stress

Euronews

‘El Niño is a distraction’: Why Europe’s deadly heatwave isn’t down to a natural weather phenomenon

Europeans are sweltering under the latest heatwave, which experts say is being “amplified by long-term warming” – not El Niño.

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Evening Standard

Meet the ‘extraordinary’ women who donated their hearts to science

Katie James, Kara Terol and Hannah Sharma had heart transplants before turning 35.

The Economic Times

QS Rankings 2027: These are the world's best universities right now. Here's where India stands

MIT has once again secured the top spot in the QS World University Rankings 2027, with Imperial College London and Stanford University sharing second place. India achieved its best-ever performance, featuring 52 institutions, led by IIT Delhi at 118th globally. This significant increase highlights India's growing influence in international higher…

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World's Best Universities Revealed

LONDON, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global higher education experts QS Quacquarelli Symonds have released the QS World University Rankings 2027. MIT is crowned first for 15th consecutive year. Imperial College London stays second, tied with Stanford University, up from third. University of Oxford and Harvard University come fourth and…

Space

Can solar sails really send humans out into interstellar space?

"I think these are not far-out type of ideas; they are not really futuristic ideas that we are talking about."

The Guardian - UK

Global heating is making hajj ever more dangerous, report finds

Rising heat in Saudi Arabia threatens millions of Muslim pilgrims – but cutting fossil fuels would keep it safer

The Independent UK

New HIV treatment could allow patients to go drug-free for two years

A quarter of people who took the new antibody mix were able to go two years without taking a daily antiviral pill

Euronews

Strong El Niño may stretch to 2028 as UN warns climate change to smash heat records in next 5 years

Climate scientists have warned that a "whole range of extreme weather events" are brewing, as a strong El Niño coincides with global warming.

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