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Lost for 40 years: 1,000-year-old royal seal of Edward the Confessor found in Paris

An 11th-century seal once owned by Edward the Confessor has been found again in the French National Archives in Paris. Historians hadn't seen it for over 40 years. Dr Guilhem Dorandeu, a researcher at the University of Exeter, came across this artefact while examining medieval documents. Dating back to the…

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UK 'Officially Preparing For War' As Experts Warn 'Last Days Of Peace' Could Vanish Without Warning

As the UK drafts a new War Book for future conflicts, a defence expert warns there may be no clear 'last days of peace', urging ministers to pair sweeping emergency powers with oversight.

International Business Times UK

Crew of tiny worms readies for April 11 launch to International Space Station

A crew of tiny worms will spend six months aboard the International Space Station, helping researchers better understand how long-term spaceflight affects human astronauts.

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Painting eyes on takeaway boxes can stop gulls stealing chips, study shows

Research from the University of Exeter find that the method could help reduce thefts by as much as 50%

The Guardian - UK

AI hallucinations work both ways, study shows — using chatbots can amplify and reinforce our own delusions

Research reveals the sycophantic nature of generative AI is inadvertently creating a form of distributed delusions.

LiveScience

Inherited diseases don't work like we thought they did

"Monogenic" diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.

LiveScience

Climate crisis could cause global financial crash as economic models fail to capture risk

Researchers say governments and financial institutions underestimating threat because they rely on models that assume climate crisis impacts will be gradual

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Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn

States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

The Guardian - UK

Major health risks linked to plastics emissions set to soar by 2040

A new study has highlighted the extensive health issues associated with plastics

The Independent UK

World warming faster than forecast as pollution cuts remove hidden cooling effect

Experts have sounded the climate alarm after discovering that global temperatures are accelerating faster than predicted.

Euronews

No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better

Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back foot, says professor of social mobility at the University of Exeter, Lee Elliot Major

The Guardian - UK

New finger-prick blood test could help detect Alzheimer's from a home-collected sample

A simple, at-home fingertip blood test shows promise for early Alzheimer’s disease detection, according to a new Europe-wide study.

Euronews

African penguins starved ‘en masse’ due to food shortages driven by climate shifts and overfishing

Severe food shortages have caused thousands of penguins to ‘starve’ to death, a new study has found.

Euronews

The surprising drugs that could be used to halt Alzheimer’s

Study found drugs used to prevent shingles and treat erectile dysfunction could be promising for Alzheimer’s patients

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Scientists have discovered why type 1 diabetes is worse for young children

Type 1 diabetes is more severe and aggressive in young children and scientists have now discovered why

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How to stop a seagull from stealing your chips, according to science

Researchers from the University of Exeter have found that the tone of your voice may be enough to scare a seagull away

The Guardian - UK

Worth a shout? Yelling is best way to deter gulls, UK study suggests

Animal behaviourists tested 61 gulls in Cornwall to find most effective method of countering feathery threat

Evening Standard

Retired banker ‘proud and exhausted’ as he completes 200 marathons in 200 days

Steve James, 66, has spent the last seven months completing a 5,240-mile course along the British coast.

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Cutting global emissions ‘only way’ to safeguard seafood, scientists warn

Researchers said that higher and higher levels of carbon are building up in continental shelf waters.

The Independent UK

World reaches first climate tipping point as scientists issue urgent warning

The world is also rapidly approaching further tipping points as it nears the milestone of 1.5C warming above pre-industrial levels

Evening Standard

First climate tipping point reached after coral reef diebacks, scientists warn

A group of international scientists warned that several of Earth’s systems are rapidly approaching dangerous thresholds as temperatures rise.

The Guardian - UK

Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say

Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year

Evening Standard

Genetic condition raises diabetes complication risk in black and South Asian men

Researchers estimate around one in seven black men and one in 63 South Asian men are affected, compared with fewer than one in 100,000 white men.

The Conversation

Thousands of flies keep landing on North Sea oil rigs then taking off a few hours later – here’s why

On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform.

The Independent UK

Diabetes and dementia: The surprising link revealed by new research

The link between diabetes and dementia is becoming increasingly clear.

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