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Radiotherapy after surgery ‘reduces risk of recurrence of certain brain cancers’

Cancer returns almost 50% of the time among patients with these aggressive brain tumours.

The Independent UK · Sep 25

Do Insects Feel Pain? What Neuroscience Reveals About Insect Sentience and Animal Suffering

The nervous system that wasn't supposed to matterA fruit fly injected with a small dose of acid will drag the affected limb, avoid using it, and protect it from further contact. That behaviour has a name in biology: nociception. It is the detection of damaging stimuli by specialised sensory neurons,…

Times Life · Aug 17

Fish Intelligence and Pain Research Is Quietly Rewriting the Ethics of What We Eat

Fish Are Not What We AssumedThe tusk fish picks up a clam, swims to a rock, and smashes it open, repeatedly, deliberately, with the same stone it has used before. This is tool use. It was filmed in the wild, published in the journal Coral Reefs in 2011, and it…

Times Life · Aug 16

A 476,000-year-old wooden structure found in Kalambo Falls is changing human history

A wooden structure, dated 476,000 years old, was found at Kalambo Falls in Zambia. This discovery has significantly altered our view of early hominin intelligence. Researchers from Aberystwyth University and the University of Liverpool uncovered these logs that fit together, marking the oldest known example of wood used in building.…

The Times of India · May 1

Sir Neil Cossons obituary

Science Museum director and chair of English Heritage determined to impress the value of Britain’s history, architecture and culture on politicians

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14

Endangered monkey gives birth months after foot was saved from amputation

Fewer than 2,000 of the monkeys live in the wild in Ghana and the Ivory Coast

The Independent UK · Mar 19

Endangered monkey gives birth after pioneering operation to save foot

Roloway monkey Masaya welcomed infant Lagertha at Chester Zoo.

The Independent UK · Mar 19

New food warnings could save thousands of peoples’ lives, experts say

Many countries have brought in a mandatory nutritional warning label law

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows

Analysis of England and Wales units also finds 63% higher risk to babies whose mothers live in most deprived areas

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

University leaders warn student pro-Palestine protesters to ‘think carefully’

Students from several institutions are set to gather at events around the country on the anniversary of October 7.

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025