20 h. ago What caused the Air India fireball: From the Indian government's 'cover

The world is still waiting for answers, with some making lurid claims of a government cover-up. So what really happened that day in Ahmedabad? Here are the key questions demanding answers.

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20 h. ago Gut bacteria may hold key to protecting brain against Alzheimers

A bacteria best known for causing stomach ulcers could lead to a new strategy in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease

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45 h. ago How a hated bacteria could protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease

Helicobacter pylori – a bacteria best known for causing stomach ulcers – could lead to a new strategy in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease

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4 d. ago Man City enter a new era at Club World Cup and two arrivals hold the key

Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki hold a particular importance as Pep Guardiola builds his third Manchester City team and looks to re-establish the club as the best in the world

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5 d. ago On the trail of Jay Slater's 'missing mates': The five key witnesses who could hold the secrets to his death after inquest was halted... and where they are now

This week the long-awaited inquest into the apprentice bricklayer's death was dramatically halted after his mother Debbie Duncan said she needed answers from key witnesses.

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8 d. ago Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom

When a US firm saw the seaweed was making their shellfish the ‘biggest and best’ scientists realised they’d hit upon a natural way to combat ocean acidificationPhotographs by Greta RybusMore on this story: A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?On a glimmering May morning, Tom Briggs pilots a 45ft aluminium barge through the waters of Casco Bay for one of the final days of the annual kelp harvest. Motoring past Clapboard Island, he points to a floating wooden platform where mussels have been seeded alongside ribbons of edible seaweed.“This is our most productive mussel site,” says Briggs, the farm manager for Bangs Island Mussels, a Portland sea farm that grows, harvests and sells hundreds of thousands of pounds of shellfish and seaweed each year. “When we come here, we get the biggest, fastest-growing mussels with the thickest shells and the best quality. To my mind, unscientifically, it’s because of the kelp.”Zoe Benisek, oyster l...

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9 d. ago Diet mistake could trigger deadly Parkinson's, study suggests

The researchers studied 88 Parkinson's participants and found they had a less diverse gut microbiome-the community of 'friendly' bacteria that live in the gut and communicate with the brain.

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9 d. ago A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?

Investment is pouring into companies promising to geoengineer a rapid change in the pH of our waters – but critics are concerned at the speed at which unproven methods are being adoptedIn October 2024, a US company called Ebb Carbon announced the world’s largest marine carbon removal deal to date, signing a multimillion-dollar agreement with Microsoft to try to help fix a very real problem in the world’s seas: ocean acidification.Ebb plans to use a method called electrochemical ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) to mimic the natural process of ocean alkalisation – in other words, it wants to add huge amounts of alkaline materials to ocean waters that scientists now know are acidifying at an alarming rate. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice could be set for key royal roles as Prince William eyes revamp

Prince William could hold the key to Prince Andrew's daughters' futures when he takes the throne

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1 week ago Gut bacteria changes could be ‘warning sign for worsening Parkinson’s symptoms’

Scientists suggest the toxins could one day be used as ‘markers’ for medics to pinpoint the Parkinson’s patients at a higher risk of dementia.

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1 week ago Scientists link gut bacteria to early stages of Parkinson’s disease

According to the Alzheimer’s Society, around a third of people with Parkinson’s eventually develop dementia

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1 week ago Truth about if you should be taking fish oil to protect your brain, revealed by DR ELLIE

I'm 77 and my pharmacist told me that taking an omega-3 supplement would cut my risk of dementia. Is this true?

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2 w. ago What happened to the White Widow: British mother linked to 7/7 bombings is one of the world's most

Law enforcement agencies across the globe continue to hunt Samantha Lewthwaite, nicknamed the White Widow, over her links to a catalogue of atrocities.

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2 w. ago Harvey Elliott's view on Liverpool exit as Reds star could hold key to Florian Wirtz deal

Liverpool are in talks with Bayer Leverkusen over what would be a club-record deal for Florian Wirtz but the Bundesliga outfit are said to be eyeing some of their rivals' players

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2 w. ago Cafe that may hold key to French murder of British woman who worked there 'with secret lover' reopens exactly one month after the killing

Karen Carter, 65 and a married mother of four, was found dead outside her home in Trémolat, east of Bordeaux, following a night out with friends on April 29th.

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2 w. ago Dinosaurs may hold unlikely key to cancer breakthroughs say scientists

Researchers explored the fossil of a Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus, a 'marsh lizard' that existed between 66 and 70 million years ago

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3 w. ago New face tattoo protects your brain from working too hard, scientists say

Sensors could help safety by tracking mental strain that air traffic controllers, lorry drivers and others are under

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3 w. ago New dinosaur discovery could hold the key to human cancer treatment

A decade-long study suggests prehistoric creatures could help complete the ‘jigsaw’ of cancer’s molecular building blocks

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3 w. ago Jordan Henderson breaks cover as Rangers murmur explodes but Steven Gerrard doesn't hold key to deal

With the Ibrox hot seat vacant a sensational link up with Gerrard following a return to Glasgow has been floated

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3 w. ago Nathan Collins exclusive interview: ‘Brentford in Europe would be massive, we still have a chance’

The Republic of Ireland captain opens up to Standard Sport on his attendance record, Europe, and keeping hold of key men this summer

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