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Brain issues like strokes affect 1% of COVID patients, says new study

In the largest study to date on brain complications of COVID-19, researchers said the most common finding was a stroke due to clogged arteries.

Food and Drink

Paris' 'Banquet': A festive marriage between science and gastronomy

The Cité des Sciences et de L’Industrie museum takes you on an interactive journey exploring our relationship with food and how it is made.

Ecotech

Sperm is being used to create an eco-friendly alternative to plastic

This DNA-based plastic requires less energy to create than other sustainable alternatives and is much easier to recycle.

Culture news

Einstein’s general relativity manuscript auctioned for €11.6m

A manuscript in which Albert Einstein prepared his theory of general relativity has sold at auction in Paris for a record €11.6 million.

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Earth News

World Mental Health Day: Eco anxiety can fuel powerful climate action

A new online movement led by young women in the UK is helping others to feel less alone with their eco anxiety.

Health news

Have we found the secret to longevity?

Researchers have designed an antibody that can recognise specific proteins on the surface of aged cells.

Earth News

Total has known about climate threat since 1971, say scientists

A study published today shows the company knowingly downplayed its role in the climate crisis.

Lifestyle

Poo found in an Austrian mine shows we ate blue cheese 2,700 years ago

Having analysed the DNA in the preserved excrement, scientists were surprised to find Europeans were making blue cheese nearly 3,000 years ago.

Health news

Could your antiperspirant deodorant cause breast cancer?

The question of whether aluminium found in antiperspirant deodorants could lead to breast cancer has been widely debated for several decades.

Earth News

Can we survive extreme temperatures of -40 and +60 Celsius?

A research centre in Italy is testing how humans react to climate conditions like blizzards and heat waves, with everything being produced artificially.

Mobility

Why French students and Thomas Pesquet are getting excited about Blobs

Better known as "slime mould," 500-million-year-old Blob is now under the microscope of thousands of students and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

Nature

This animal has survived for centuries without having sex

The long term survival of animals without sexual reproduction was thought to be practically impossible - until now.

Health news

COVID variants are evolving to be better at spreading in air

Researchers of a new study said tighter-fitting masks and vaccinations are key to preventing COVID.

Climate

Cyclones could soon devastate Europe, warns ‘storm chaser’ scientist

Unless global warming slows, extreme weather could shape life in Europe within the next 50 years.

Nature

These ordinary animals secretly glow in the dark

Experts say they are still unclear on the reason why some animals glow under ultraviolet light.

Nature

Birds are developing larger beaks to cope with climate change

As some animals are turning to shapeshifting to deal with the climate crisis, others are being left behind.

Tech News

Dutch scientist finds recording of a talking duck (no, not Donald)

A Dutch scientist has uncovered old recordings of a musk duck mimicking the phrase "You bloody fool!" in an Australian accent.

Nature

Do hippo bones prove the Arabian desert was once covered in water?

Archaeologists have uncovered stone tools and hippopotamus bones near ancient lake beds on the Arabian Peninsula.

Tech News

Don't look now: How a robot's gaze can affect the human brain

"The human brain processes the robot gaze as a social signal, and that signal has an impact on the way we're making decisions," said one of the researchers.

Earth News

India builds 25m high 'smog tower' to tackle air pollution crisis

New Delhi has some of the worst air pollution in the world and this huge tower of fans could help.