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For people with lower levels of the enzyme required to metabolise clopidogrel, aspirin remains the better option – a personalised approach is required, write Dr Ronnie Ramlogan , Dr Dimitri Gagliardi , Dr Luigi Venetucci , Dr Abisope Akintola , Dr Cinzia Dello Russo and Prof Sir Munir Pirmohamed Your article ( Doctors find drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks, 31 August )
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Visible from Australia, across Asia, to Western Europe, a blood moon has been captivating stargazers. This marvel is caused when the Earth shades the moon from direct solar light, causing the moon to appear red Continue reading…
Artificial sweeteners linked to cognitive decline
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Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age Sweeteners found in yoghurts and fizzy drinks can damage people’s ability to think and remember, and appear to cause “long-term harm” to health, research has found. People who consumed the largest amount of sweeteners such as aspartame and saccharin saw a 62% faster decline in their cognitive powers
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Xi and Putin discuss immortality
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Russian leader’s claim that people can ‘get younger’ through repeated organ transplants has raised eyebrows Perhaps it was the extravagant display of deadly weaponry that prompted Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to mull on mortality at this week’s military parade in Beijing. It was more banter than serious discussion, but with both aged 72, the Chinese president and his Russian counterpart may feel
Sep 5, 2025
Total lunar eclipse on September 7
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The satellite will turn deep red as the Earth passes between the sun and the moon at about 7.30pm on Sunday A rare total lunar eclipse “blood moon” will be visible from the UK on Sunday night for the first time since 2022. The moon is expected to turn a deep, dark red as the Earth passes directly between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow across the lunar surface. Continue reading…
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As scientific institutions and truths come under attack in the US, how well protected is Australia against the assault on science and facts? Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The light afternoon breeze barely ruffled the sails of the Vasa as it glided out of Stockholm harbour for its maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. With its high stern emblazoned by a gilded coat of arm
Putin and Xi discuss longevity
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Russian leader was caught musing about immortality with Xi Jinping but his fascination with long life is nothing new It was the stuff of Bond villains. Two ageing autocrats, their younger ally in tow, ambled down a red-carpeted ramp before a military parade in Beijing when a hot mic picked up a question that seemed to be on their minds: how long could they keep going – and, between the lines, mig
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Device could replace deep brain stimulation and may also help with Tourette syndrome, Alzheimer’s and depression An ultrasound “helmet” offers potential new ways for treating neurological conditions without surgery or other invasive procedures, a study has shown. The device can target brain regions 1,000 times smaller than ultrasound can, and could replace existing approaches such as deep brain s
Sep 4, 2025
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Shift from fossil fuels could lower deaths from particle pollution in some states by 19% in five years, study finds Efforts to improve the climate could reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution in the US by about 6,000 people a year by 2030, according to a study . If action is not taken, the situation is predicted to worsen. This is because of a growing and ageing population who are mo
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West Australians should get particularly good views, but the eclipse will be visible from the whole country given favourable weather Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Set your alarm, pray for clear skies and prepare to be awestruck in the early hours of Monday morning, when Australia becomes the prime location to witness a rare total lunar eclipse. A blood moon, as it i
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Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates Fine-particulate air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia by triggering the formation of toxic clumps of protein that destroy nerve cells as they spread through the brain, research suggests. Exposure to the airborne particles causes proteins in the brain to misfold int
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Jean Innes says it is time for ‘new chapter’ at AI research body, after staff revolt and government calls for change The chief executive of the UK’s leading artificial intelligence institute is stepping down after a staff revolt and government calls for a strategic overhaul. Jean Innes has led the Alan Turing Institute since 2023, but her position has come under pressure amid widespread disconten
Nvidia invests in Quantinuum 10B$
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British founder of Quantinuum doubles value of stake with excitement growing over technology’s ‘transformative potential’ A British quantum computing entrepreneur has doubled the value of his stake in the business he founded to $2bn (£1.5bn), after the company achieved a $10bn valuation in its latest fundraising. Ilyas Khan, 63, is the founder of Quantinuum, a UK-US firm that announced on Thursda
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Psychologists have traditionally believed we become less curious as we age, but recent research has shown that curiosity actually becomes more targeted and specific in our later years. To find out why this happens, and how maintaining broad curiosity into older age can help keep our brains young, Madeleine Finlay hears from Dr Mary Whatley, an assistant professor of psychology at Western Carolina
Limit toilet phone use to prevent hemorrhoids
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Study finds scrollers are more prone to piles than those who go to the lavatory without phones People who take a mobile phone to the loo should keep to a two TikTok limit, according to doctors who found that toilet scrollers are more prone to haemorrhoids than phoneless lavatory-goers. Those who sit on the throne with a phone spend far more time on the toilet than others, with longer stints linke
Bovine TB needs urgent action
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Review says ministers have only ‘small chance’ of wiping out bovine tuberculosis by 2038 without more investment Labour can end the badger cull but only with a Covid-19 style focus on testing and vaccinating, the author of a government-commissioned report has said. Ministerial plans to stop the shooting of the animals can be achieved but at a cost to the Treasury, the report warns. Continue readi
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Director general of Cern in the 1980s who went on to establish the Sesame laboratory in Jordan The German physicist Herwig Schopper, who has died aged 101, was director general of Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, from 1981 to 1988, overseeing the laboratory’s first Nobel prize-winning discovery and paving the way to another. It was thanks to Herwig’s tenacity that the laborat
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When things are grim, the promises made by the wellness industry sound very appealing. I worry about how vulnerable this has made me Ordinarily, I’m a sensible person – at least part-time. A journalist, an asker of questions, a checker of sources. Historically, a big fan of research. But three years into a debilitating chronic illness, I am willing to try anything to get well. Even things that wo
Space Command HQ moves to Alabama
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President says national security operations in space will be based in state he won comfortably, reversing Biden decision Donald Trump made his first public appearance in a week on Tuesday to announce that the US Space Command (Spacecom) headquarters, which is tasked with leading national security operations in space, would be in the Republican stronghold of Alabama. Flanked by Republican senators
Ancient mural discovered in Peru
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The unprecedented find has shifted archaeological understanding about the first civilisations in the Americas Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a multicoloured three-dimensional wall that could date back 4,000 years, in an unprecedented find that has shifted archaeological understanding about the first civilisations in the Americas. The centrepiece of the three-by-six metre wall carving is a
Oldest black hole discovered 13 billion years ago
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Sighting by James Webb space telescope of black hole with sparse halo of material could upend theories of the universe An ancient and “nearly naked” black hole that astronomers believe may have been created in the first fraction of a second after the big bang has been spotted by the James Webb space telescope. If confirmed as a so-called primordial black hole, a theoretical class of object predic
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Saving the world’s fattest parrot: can we vaccinate our rarest species before bird flu gets to them?
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Trial in only continent untouched by avian flu suggests jabs will be key to survival as migration season approaches It is easy to imagine how it could happen. A petrel, flying east from the Indian Ocean at the end of the Austral winter, makes landfall at New Zealand’s southern Codfish Island/Whenua Hou. Tired from its long journey, the petrel seeks refuge in the burrow of a green kākāpō : a criti
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It’s been a dramatic week at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In the space of seven days, the agency’s head was sacked and replaced by an interim head, four senior staff members resigned, and existing staff took to the streets to express support for their ousted leaders. To understand how everything unfolded and what it could mean for the health of Americans, science edito
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Test detects memory problems linked to Alzheimer’s long before typical diagnosis, raising possibility of earlier drug intervention A three-minute brainwave test can detect memory problems linked to Alzheimer’s disease long before people are typically diagnosed, raising hopes that the approach could help identify those most likely to benefit from new drugs for the condition. In a small trial, the
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Experts ‘extremely concerned’ about e-cigarette use and say millions of young people could face ill health in future Doctors have raised the alarm about high levels of vaping among children worldwide, saying they are “convinced” e-cigarettes are causing “irreversible” harm to their health. Cardiologists, researchers and health experts said they were “extremely concerned” about the harmful effects
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The solutions to today’s partisan problems Earlier today I set three gerrymandering logic puzzles. Here they are again with solutions. In each of the grids below, the challenge is to find the unique electoral map in which the minority colour wins the most regions. A region is defined as a contiguous block of cells that are joined either horizontally or vertically. (A region cannot contain any cel
Bluesky gains popularity among scientists
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Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles ‘find substantially higher levels of interaction’ than on Elon Musk’s platform Bluesky’s growing status as the social media platform of choice for the world’s scientists
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