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We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals

When you picture medieval warfare, you might think of epic battles and famous monarchs. But what about the everyday soldiers who actually filled the ranks? Until recently, their stories were scattered across handwritten manuscripts in Latin or French and difficult to decipher. Now, our online database makes it possible for…

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Why hosting the UN climate summit in the Amazon was so important, despite the disappointing outcome

Extreme heat, fires and flooding – all hallmark consequences of climate change – directly influenced this year’s UN climate change conference Cop30 in Belém, Brazil.

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How much CO2 does your flight really produce? How to know if carbon footprint claims are accurate

When two people book the same flight, they can get wildly different carbon footprints from online calculators. Many carbon calculators leave out big chunks of climate impact or rely on oversimplified assumptions.

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Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving

For decades, Ukraine was known as the breadbasket of the world. Before the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, it ranked among the top global producers and exporters of sunflower oil, maize and wheat. These helped feed more than 400 million people worldwide.

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What autistic people – and those with ADHD and dyslexia – really think about the word ‘neurodiversity’

The term “neurodiversity” is still relatively new. Even now, there’s no firm agreement among experts about what it should include. Does it refer only to neurodevelopmental differences such as autism, ADHD and dyslexia? Or should it stretch further, to include mental health conditions too?

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Who controls the air we breathe at home? Awaab’s law and the limits of individual actions

Awaab Ishak, a two-year-old child, died in 2020 after prolonged exposure to mould in his social housing association home. The inquest into his death found that, despite repeated reports by his parents about the property’s uninhabitable conditions, their concerns were dismissed and the housing association failed to take sufficient action.

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Why some people turn off the lights and others don’t

Saving energy isn’t just about keeping bills down. A new analysis of 100 existing studies across 42 countries shows that people with positive attitudes to the environment, or who want what they do at home to make a difference to society, are more likely to save energy.

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Can Labour’s plan to fund deprived communities see off Reform? What the evidence shows

More than a year after the UK government abandoned the phrase “levelling up”, it has now launched a fresh strategy to distribute funding to disadvantaged communities. The promise to these deprived areas is three-pronged: investment in community facilities, enhancing public spaces like parks, and revitalising town centres and high streets.

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African cities aren’t doing enough to adapt to climate change: lessons from Durban and Harare

When record-breaking rains swept through the coastal city of Durban in South Africa in April 2022, the resulting floods destroyed roads, bridges and homes. Durban’s low-lying, poor neighbourhoods were hardest hit, with residents losing their homes and their lives.

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Ultra-processed foods might not be the real villain in our diets – here’s what our research found

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become public enemy number one in nutrition debates. From dementia to obesity and an epidemic of “food addiction”, these factory-made products, including crisps, ready meals, fizzy drinks and packaged snacks, are blamed for a wide range of modern health problems. Some experts argue that they’re “specifically…

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Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund

Exclusive: MP presses minister for explanation as thinktank says omission undermines innovation in the north

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Orlando Bloom tried to ‘clean’ his blood to get rid of microplastics – here’s what the science says

When actor Orlando Bloom revealed recently that he’d undergone a procedure to have his blood “cleaned”, many people raised eyebrows. The Pirates of the Caribbean star had turned to a treatment known as apheresis – a medical process in which blood is removed from the body, centrifuged or filtered to…

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AI chatbots can boost public health in Africa – why language inclusion matters

Language technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI) hold significant potential for public health. From outbreak detection systems that scan global news in real time, to chatbots providing mental health support and conversational diagnostic tools improving access to primary care, these innovations are helping address health challenges.

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England’s free school meals rollout risks losing sight of which children need help most

The UK government has announced an expansion of free school meals in England. Starting from September 2026, all children in households receiving universal credit will qualify, removing the previous income cap of £7,400 per year.

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A traffic-light system for dogwalkers could protect breeding birds, seal pups and other wildlife

Like millions of people, we have experienced the physical and mental health benefits, as well as the simple enjoyment, of a daily dog walk. However, amid the UK’s growing population of dogs (around 13.5 million at the latest estimate), recent reports have highlighted growing concern about how dogs affect wildlife…

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Regulating AI seems like an impossible task, but ethically and economically, it’s a vital one

AI has already transformed industries and the way the world works. And its development has been so rapid that it can be hard to keep up. This means that those responsible for dealing with AI’s impact on issues such as safety, privacy and ethics must be equally speedy.

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Watchdog’s investment body findings prompt concern over UK research ‘leadership’

The National Audit Office identified problems at UK Research and Innovation, an arm’s length body considered key to Government priorities.

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How storytelling, creativity and collaborations can inspire climate action

Imagine heading into space, landing on the moon and walking in the dust. As you adjust to the weightlessness, you see something unexpected on the horizon. You’re looking back at the Earth, experiencing the “overview effect”. How would you feel? What would you see, hear, touch, taste and smell?

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Children from poorer families do worse at school – here’s how to understand the disadvantage gap

The problem of the disadvantage gap – also known as the attainment gap – is a persistent one in education in England. It refers to how children from certain groups, such as those from poorer backgrounds, ethnic minorities or who have been in care, do worse at school than their…

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When farmers and scientists collaborate, biodiversity and agriculture can thrive – here’s how

The Burren region of County Clare, Ireland, is famous for its distinctive limestone habitat, coastal landscape, rich wildlife and unusual archaeology. Several hundred farmers also manage livestock on this land.

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I researched poetry written during COVID – five years on, here’s how people say it helped them

Historically, poets have had less to say about pandemics than you might imagine. Hardly any English-language poetry written during successive waves of bubonic plague focused directly on the effects of the disease, for instance, and exceptions often had a purpose external to any we’d normally now ascribe to poetry.

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Netflix’s Toxic Town offers a stark warning on environmental rollbacks

Netflix’s new drama Toxic Town tells the true story of a group of women from Corby in Northamptonshire, UK, who gave birth to children with limb differences in the 1980s and 90s. The children were born with shortened arms or legs or missing fingers. The drama follows their battle to…

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Taxpayer money invested in boosting climate resilience of Christmas dinner

Alternative proteins for the turkey, resilient super-spuds and ‘cheese from peas’ may help to keep the meal on tables for generations, experts say.

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The UK’s booming creative industries could employ even more people – if they attract fresh international investment

The UK’s creative industries are an economic success story, contributing £124.6 billion to the country’s economy in 2022 – around 6% of the total. These industries, which include film, TV and publishing, grew by more than 50% between 2010 and 2022.

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How theatre, music and film are helping us unlock new solutions to the world’s plastics problem

Member states of the UN environment assembly are meeting this week in Busan, South Korea to discuss the details of a global plastics treaty for the fifth, and hopefully final, time. Negotiations can be difficult, monotonous, and often go around in circles. The talks can go on for more than…

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