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'It was so unexpected': 90 billion liters of meltwater punched its way through Greenland ice sheet in never-before-seen melting event

A previously-undetected flood over Greenland's ice sheet has confounded model predictions about how the region's meltwater should leak.

LiveScience

Trump takes a line from ‘world’s coolest dictator’

What a difference a dictator makes. Some world leaders get a rough ride in their Oval Office meetings with Donald Trump – most famously, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who the US president and his entourage publicly disparaged in their now-notorious meeting at the end of February. But not El…

The Conversation

‘I can’t sleep, I’m terrified’: the rise in mothers having their babies taken away within days of giving birth in England

Charity finds ‘inhumane’ system is forcing women to defend themselves in court, sometimes from their hospital beds, while in fear of having their newborn child taken from them

The Guardian - UK

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Death threats, phone tapping and stalking: the consequences academics can face from sharing their research

When she passed her PhD viva, literature researcher Ally Louks posted a picture of herself and her thesis on X (formerly Twitter) in November 2024. The photo shared her thesis title: “Olfactory Ethics: The politics of smell in modern and contemporary prose”. The post garnered over 11,000 responses, some deeply…

The Conversation

Bones from wreck of Mary Rose suggest handedness might affect collarbones

The vessel, which was part of the Tudor navy and Henry VIII’s flagship, sank on July 19 1545.

Evening Standard

Mary Rose: Bones from Tudor shipwreck suggest handedness may influence collarbones

The vessel, which was part of the Tudor navy and Henry VIII’s flagship, sank on July 19 1545

The Independent UK

Alzheimer’s breakthrough after drug treatment success

Study found that the medication, called RI-AG03, was effective at preventing the buildup of Tau proteins

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George Pickett obituary

Physicist whose work on nuclear refrigeration advanced understanding of the big bang and the early universe

The Guardian - UK

UK gov't invests $1.43 million in UltraRAM — new non-volatile memory is as fast as RAM, can store data for 1,000+ years

Quinas Technology gets $1.43 million to bring UltraRAM a little bit closer to mass production.

Tom’s Hardware

‘Smoke and mirrors’ in French parliament as left seeks to take helm, expert says

France’s next prime minister may not come from the left despite the left-wing alliance New Popular Front’s (NPF) winning the most seats in the French legislative elections. Despite the NPF’s victory, it failed to secure a majority in parliament which the centre and the right could achieve if they banded…

France 24

Could this home test kit replace ‘uncomfortable’ smear tests? ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

Plus, a full automated transcript of today’s episode

Evening Standard

British people increasingly copying each other’s speaking style, study say

Phenomenon known as resonance more common among upper classes

The Independent UK

The Tories will leave one great green legacy that few noticed – Labour must build upon it

This government had many climate failures, but its 2014 boost to green energy made the UK an offshore wind superpower, says climate professor Rebecca Willis

The Guardian - UK

Reams of secret poetry by pioneering British scientist finally come to light

Sir Humphry Davy’s unpublished verse – including one published below for the first time – was found in notebooks alongside details of his groundbreaking experiments

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The Independent UK

Lancashire accent may be lost ‘in the next few generations’, study suggests

The ‘strong r’ is becoming rare among younger generations in the North West, researchers have found.

Space

Solar storms could affect train safety by glitching railroad signals

Rare but explosive solar eruptions may cause train signals to switch the wrong way, affecting train safety, a new study finds.

Zenger

‌New Study By Lancaster University Reveals The Crucial Role Of Seabird Droppings In Coral Recovery

‌Seabird guano fortifies fragile coral ecosystems through the presence of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous.

The Guardian - UK

Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes obituary

Other Lives: Poet and founder of Victorina Press, who left Chile as a survivor of the Pinochet regime

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The Week

Why measles is threatening children right across the UK

Rachel Isba, Professor of Medicine at Lancaster University explains how with the school holidays seeing greater travel across the UK the country could be at risk of a widespread measles outbreak.

The Guardian - UK

Locals in this British seaside town could revolutionise green energy – if the government lets them

Voters want climate action but don’t trust politicians to do it. Could projects like a Whitehaven windfarm be the answer?, says Rebecca Willis, a professor in energy and climate governance at Lancaster University

Dynamite News

Male birds who are able to repeat song notes attract female mate: Study

According to recently conducted research at Lancaster University, male birds who can precisely repeat song notes have the best chance of attracting a female mate. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Almost 7% of people in UK changed sexual identity in six years, study suggests

Research challenges ideas about coming out, with those aged over 65 almost as ‘sexually fluid’ as young

Salon

Food insecurity's encroaching reach

"If people choose to have children, they should be able to parent them with dignity in safe & healthy environments"

Manchester Evening News

"I asked for help... they put it down to teenage hormones": Young survivors of Manchester Arena attack reveal lack of professional support

A new report was published today as Manchester and the world reflects and remembers on the sixth anniversary of the atrocity

The Independent UK

Young survivors of Manchester Arena bombing ‘have not received support’

75 per cent of children and young people affected by the 2017 terror outrage were psychologically injured by what happened to them

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