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Meningitis outbreak in Reading: Everything we know so far

Close contacts of people linked to the outbreak in the London commuter town are being offered antibiotics as a precaution

Evening Standard

Neolithic timber platform older than Stonehenge found in Scottish loch

Archaeologists have revealed a substantial timber platform beneath a stone artificial island, known as a crannog, in Loch Bhorgastail on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The crannog, which predates Stonehenge, was initially constructed over 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic period (around 3500-3300 BC) and later saw additions in the…

The Independent UK

World’s ‘oldest’ octopus is not actually an octopus, new scans reveal

Scientists say the findings solve a decades-long puzzle

The Independent UK

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Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean

The world is warming. This fact is most often discussed for the Earth’s surface, where we live. But the climate is also changing from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean. And there is a clear fingerprint of humanity’s role in causing these changes through greenhouse…

The Conversation

430,000-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found

Alder digging or scraping tool found at lake-side site used for animal butchery

The Independent UK

Britain Welcomes Bollywood: What It Could Mean for the UK Economy

Britain is set to host three major Bollywood productions from 2026 under a landmark UK–India partnership, expected to create 3,000 jobs and boost the nation's £12 billion screen industry with fresh investment and cultural exchange.

International Business Times UK

How weather patterns and faraway mountains make Delhi the world’s most polluted megacity

Delhi is perhaps the most polluted of the world’s megacities. Every winter, the city’s 30 million residents breathe air so toxic that visibility drops to mere metres. If you stand on top of one of Delhi’s monuments you can barely make out buildings across the street as the thick, acrid…

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Rare fossil of flying dinosaur reveals 76-million-year-old crocodile-like bite

Scientists said the young pterosaur would have had a wingspan of more than 6 feet

The Independent UK

Rare skeletons up to 30,000 years old reveal when ancient humans went through puberty

An analysis of around a dozen teenagers who lived during the Paleolithic reveals that they hit puberty around the same time modern teens do.

LiveScience

Victorian technology for measuring the weather is still remarkably accurate – new research

A small, white box with horizontal slats is a familiar sight at weather stations around the UK, and around the world.

The Conversation

Weather Data From Pearl Harbor Warships Could Help Climate Research

The scanning and rescuing of this data provides a window into the past.

Zenger

What are medicanes? The ‘supercharged’ Mediterranean storms that could become more frequent

The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed the ‘medicane’ storm Daniel

The Guardian - AU

Climate change is increasing plane turbulence, new research shows

The University of Reading looked at data over a 41-year period to determine the link

The Independent UK

Cardiff University tops list of most sustainable universities in Wales

The list measures universities’ contributions to the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Cardiff ranked 52 in the world, 12th in UK and first in Wales

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Brits may need another vaccine for new virus as UK gets warmer, expert warns

Prof Ian Jones, Professor of Virology, University of Reading, said tick borne encephalitis (TBEV) - new to the UK and spreading - could lead to Brits being advised to get vaccines

The Independent UK

Deadly tick-borne virus ‘likely’ to be in UK after first case detected

The assessment, published by a joint UKHSA and Defra committee, based its findings on both human cases and the detection of the virus in ticks.

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Don't shun frozen or canned foods

Did you know that some frozen or canned products may actually contain more nutrients and vitamins than fresh?

Daily Mirror

Why Reading's shirt sleeves feature unique stripes for Man Utd FA Cup clash explained

Championship side Reading are taking on Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup, and the second-tier side are attempting to send a message with their shirt sleeves

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‘An amazing feeling’: asylum seeker stuck in hotel thanks Observer readers for sending books

Ali, a Kurd who fled Iran, may also be offered a university place after he told of the tedium of 500 days in limbo

The Independent UK

Scientists claim discovery of rare ‘dinosaur mummy’ – and it’s one of the best preserved ever

Large parts of dinosaur’s exposed skeleton covered in fossilised skin, scientists say

Daily Mirror

Scientist warns 'bone breaking' plane turbulence could triple in coming years

Paul Williams, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Reading, has said climate change has already increased the intensity of turbulence cause by the transatlantic jet stream

The Independent UK

Fossil could be rare complete dinosaur skeleton

The specimen is likely to provide information about what the dinosaur looked like and its anatomy.

Wales Online

Plastic cup trick shows why the 'wrong kind of rain' won't end drought

A weather expert has demonstrated why this week's rain won't stop the rollout of hosepipe bans

Wales Online

Weather expert shows how droughts increase the risk of floods

Experiment demonstrates clearly dried-out soil repels water rather than absorbing it

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan tells Londoners to prepare for risk of flash flooding from heavy rain

Experts have warned that city drainage systems may not be able to cope if a sudden downpour hits.

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