3 h. ago The monogamy 'league table' for the animal kingdom: Deer mice and wild dogs top the list...while humans are 7th in the rankings

If you truly want to commit to someone for life, it's worth taking notes from the California deermouse.

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3 h. ago Humans 'far less likely' to sleep around than primates while sheep are the most 'promiscuous' animal

New research has revealed that humans are more likely to be monogamous than most of their fellow mammals - with Gorillas and Chimpanzees apparently sleeping around much more than Homo sapiens

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3 h. ago Rights of protestors, migrant workers and disabled people being ‘failed’ by government, ECHR chief says

The new chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has urged ministers to “ensure rights are protected across the nation”

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5 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer urges Europeans to curb the ECHR to stop asylum seekers using it to stay in Britain

Ahead of a European summit on Wednesday the Prime Minister has urged fellow members to 'go further' in modernising human rights laws to protect their borders.

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6 h. ago Wilfried Nancy earns rare Celtic defence case as £20m transfer investment can turn Hoops into different animal

One former Hoops gaffer has rallied to the Frenchman's side after his reign started with a 2-1 defeat to Hearts

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7 h. ago Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right

Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect bordersWe must protect our borders to defend our democracies – here’s howKeir Starmer has called on European leaders to urgently curb joint human rights laws so that member states can take tougher action to protect their borders and see off the rise of the populist right across the continent.Before a crucial European summit on Wednesday, the prime minister urged fellow members to “go further” in modernising the interpretation of the European convention on human rights (ECHR) to prevent asylum seekers using it to avoid deportation. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago BREAKING Beloved singer dead at 60 as tributes paid to 'force of human nature'

Singer and guitarist Raul Malo, was best known as part of the country band The Mavericks in the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the age of 60 following a battle with cancer

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9 h. ago Dozens killed in Haiti's capital as armed men break away from gang coalition in bid for power

A human rights group says dozens of people in Haiti’s capital have been killed in a clash between a powerful gang coalition and armed men who apparently broke away from it

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9 h. ago Dinosaurs’ awkward attempts to swim uncovered in record discovery

Scientists in Bolivia have discovered the largest collection of dinosaur prints ever found, with the tracks documenting the animals’ attempts to swim.

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9 h. ago How will human rights loving PM & Hermer square it as UN committee savages Labour over Chagos deal?

It urged the UK and Mauritius not to ratify the agreement under which the UK would pay to lease back the strategically important Diego Garcia air base.

Economics

10 h. ago More than 9,000 children in Gaza hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October, UN says

Aid agencies say Israel is still restricting their aid shipments despite ceasefire announced two months agoMalnutrition continues to take a toll among Gaza’s young despite a ceasefire declared two months ago, with more than 9,000 children hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October alone, according to the latest UN figures.While the immediate threat of famine has receded for most of the 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza after the ceasefire announcement on 10 October, the UN and other aid agencies report continuing Israeli restrictions on their humanitarian aid shipments, which they say fall well below the needs of a population weakened and traumatised by two years of war, homelessness and living in flimsy shelters. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Parasite cleanses: why are so many people obsessed with intestinal worms?

Probably the most disgusting online trend of 2025, this has led to pictures of people’s excrement all over the internet. Please make it stop ...Name: Parasite cleanses.Age: The earliest written records of what were probably parasitic infections in humans are from Egyptian medicine, between around 3000 and 400BC. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Outrage after California students form ‘human swastika’ on high school football field

Some Jewish students said the post left them feeling scared

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13 h. ago I ignored my itchy legs and common sleep complaint. Then doctors found something horrifying on a scan. I'd left it far too late

Mike, then 27, thought what he was suffering was harmless. But the CT scan revealed a horrifying illness. He had left it far too late.

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13 h. ago Ricky Gervais donates almost £2.5m from tour proceeds to animal charities

It means the total amount of donations made across the comic’s four recent specials is more than £5 million.

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13 h. ago In this age of authoritarians, online abuse of women is soaring – and it’s leading to ‘real

Our UN report reveals the link between the online misogyny and offline crimes that are hounding women out of public lifeNetworked misogyny is now firmly established as a key tactic in the 21st-century authoritarian’s playbook. This is not a new trend – but it is now being supercharged by generative AI tools that make it easier, quicker and cheaper than ever to perpetrate online violence against women in public life – from journalists to human rights defenders, politicians and activists.The objectives are clear: to help justify the rollback of gender equality and women’s reproductive rights; to chill women’s freedom of expression and their participation in democratic deliberation; to discredit truth-tellers; and to pave the way for the consolidation of authoritarian power.Dr Julie Posetti is the director of the Information Integrity Initiative at TheNerve, a digital forensics lab founded by Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. She is also a professor of journalism and chair of the Centre for ...

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13 h. ago Longevity supplements are sold as helping prevent ageing. But do they have any long

Much of the enthusiasm for these ‘anti-ageing’ products is based on animal studies, mostly involving rodentsThere are many acronyms you might find on the packaging of so-called longevity supplements, promoted by influencers for their ability to “repair DNA” and assist in “anti-ageing”.NRC (nicotinamide riboside chloride) and NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide) are two of them – both precursors or “building blocks” for NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), a naturally occurring molecule in the body. Trimethylglycine (TMG) is another and is sometimes added to “support” other ingredients. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Wildlife filmmaker and cameraman Gordon Buchanan comes out of the hide and hits the road

He’s come face to face with the world’s wildest animals but it was in Scotland that he faced his biggest challenge

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14 h. ago ‘After almost destroying the world, our families are friends’: the thrilling podcast from JFK and Khrushchev’s relatives

Their relatives might have been on opposite sides of near-nuclear war, but the US and Soviet leader’s descendants have teamed up for an intimate BBC podcast. They talk humanity, hate – and why Trump is a ‘very limited’ manIn October 1962, the world came closer to destruction than at any other point in modern times. After a US surveillance plane discovered that Soviet nuclear missile sites were being built in Cuba, less than 100 miles from the US mainland, President John F Kennedy responded by ordering the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet to impose a naval blockade around the island. Almost two weeks of impossible tension followed.The threat was clear. If Kennedy, or his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev, fired on their enemy, a chain reaction of global nuclear strikes and counterstrikes would have followed, plunging humanity into all-out ruination. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Ricky Gervais donates £2.5MILLION to animal charities from proceeds from his Mortality tour

The comedian, 64, divided the generous pre-Christmas donation between 22 charities - with some receiving up to £150k - beating his previous record of £1.9m to 11 bodies in 2023.

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