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What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?

Volunteers’ data has enabled medical breakthroughs, but there are questions over how that data is protected

The Guardian - UK

Take heart, Keir Starmer – Australia’s PM faced similarly dim prospects, and he triumphed

The Labour party could benefit from Reform’s association with an unpopular US president – but only if it learns to connect again with voters, says Tim Soutphommasane, professor in political theory at the University of Oxford

The Guardian - UK

Africa is losing health workers when it can least afford to – a pattern rooted in colonial history

Africa has a challenge to retain the health workers it needs.

The Conversation

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Vogue's darkroom printer kept some of World War II's best photographs for himself – secret album of prints by Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton revealed

This 80-year-old collection of Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton's wartime work will soon get its first public appearance

Digital Camera World

AI can predict a patient’s chance of getting heart disease five years before it develops

A new AI tool from the University of Oxford has an accuracy rate of 86 per cent with doctors hailing it as a ‘big step forward in treating heart failure’

The Independent UK

Cynthia Erivo set to take part in a career-spanning conversation at University of Oxford

After becoming an Oscar nominee and starring in the Dracula stage production, actress Cynthia Erivo is set to take part in a career-spanning conversation at the University of Oxford next month.

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Why emotional resilience should be at the heart of climate change education

The mental health effects of climate change are receiving growing attention, including how children and young people are uniquely affected. Supporting young people to build and sustain good mental health and wellbeing, and to feel prepared for life and work in an uncertain world, has never been more urgent. However,…

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More frequent ejaculation may improve male fertility, study suggests

The study suggests that regular ejaculation could give male fertility "a small but meaningful boost" - and that even a few days’ delay could matter for IVF success.

Euronews

‘Happy Navratri’: Oxford University’s Chaitra Navratri wish wins hearts online

The University of Oxford received widespread praise on social media for extending warm wishes to those observing Chaitra Navratri. The gesture, featuring a sunset image of the university's spires, was lauded as a meaningful expression of cultural inclusivity by a global audience. This acknowledgment resonated particularly with Indian students and…

The Times of India

Astronomers discover a new type of planet that probably smells like rotten eggs

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an example of a new class of exoplanet, and it smells like rotten eggs.

Space

Ultrasound repellers could keep hedgehogs off roads, scientists hope

Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths

The Guardian - UK

Vegetarians have ‘substantially lower risk’ of five types of cancer

Study shows lower risk for multiple myeloma as well as pancreatic, prostate, breast and kidney cancers

The Guardian - UK

Vegetarian diet can slash the risk of five cancers by as much as 30% – study

A study led by experts at the University of Oxford found a lower risk of prostate and kidney cancer, among others.

The Independent UK

Britain leads world when it comes to migration concerns, major poll finds

More than one in five (21 per cent) Britons say immigration is the biggest problem the country faces, but the issue barely registers as a top concern elsewhere

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Use of ADHD medication has tripled over the last decade

Dramatic increase in women seeking treatment for ADHD in the UK, new study shows

Euronews

People regain weight within two years of coming off obesity drugs, new study finds

People who use weight-loss drugs can rapidly regain weight after stopping treatment, according to a new study

The Guardian - UK

People who stop taking weight-loss jabs regain weight in under two years, study reveals

Analysis finds those who stopped using medication saw weight return four times faster compared with other weight loss plans

Evening Standard

People on fat loss jabs ‘put weight back on faster than traditional dieters’

The vast majority of people taking Wegovy and Mounjaro pay privately owing to restrictions on who can access the medicines via the NHS.

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Flu cases may be ‘starting to settle’ in some areas, NHS chief says

Sir Jim Mackey gave evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee.

LiveScience

Giant rotating string of galaxies is 'probably the largest spinning object' in the known universe

A giant rotating filament of the cosmic web may be the largest spinning structure ever seen, and could help reveal how galaxies form.

The Independent UK

The first human kiss originated 21 million years ago, study finds

Homo sapiens and Neanderthals may have kissed, researchers at the University of Oxford discovered

Space

Heat leaking from Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus bolsters its case as an abode for life

Excess heat detected at Saturn moon Enceladus' north pole helps to account for a finely balanced energy budget that keeps the moon's ocean liquefied. What could this mean in the search for life?

Evening Standard

Study to determine if AI can make better treatment decisions for prostate cancer

The Vanguard Path study is led by researchers at the University of Oxford and funded with £1.9 million from the charity Prostate Cancer UK.

The Guardian - UK

UK rule change allows some Palestinian scholars to bring families from Gaza

Previous visa policy had forced the students ‘to choose between their education and their family’

Evening Standard

The hidden dangerous anti-depressant side effects

King's College London and the University of Oxford have produced a ranking system so the effects of antidepressants can be easily compared

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