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Nisreen Alwan, professor of public health at the University of Southampton and Daniel Ayoubkhani, principal statistician at the Office for National Statistics and the University of Leicester explain how the latest statistics on the Covid pandemic and jobs suggest long Covid could be causing high levels of economic inactivity.

The explosion is more than 10 times brighter than any known supernova, research suggested

Scientists led by the University of Southampton have spotted explosion AT2021lwx, which occurred nearly eight billion light years away

The explosion – AT2021lwx – is a fireball 100 times the size of our Solar System and 10 times brighter than a supernova.

Astronomers have spotted a giant explosion releasing over 100 times more energy than the sun will release across its entire lifetime. A monster black hole is likely to blame.

Researchers say ‘studies not good enough’ to know whether medications work or not for pain

Sargassum is a genus of brown seaweed. Over 300 species are distributed across the world in both temperate and tropical climates. The species fluitans and natans are unique because they spend their life cycle floating on the ocean, never attaching to the sea floor. Other seaweed species reproduce and begin…

Area supports an abundance of species, from rare and endangered birds to seagrass meadows

Nikki Hawkes started running dressed as a water bottle during lockdown and has continued ever since

Nikki says she doesn't mind the funny looks she gets around Bristol