18 h. ago Nearly 55,000 children in Gaza under age 5 may be acutely malnourished, a new UN study finds

A new study says more than 54,600 children younger than 5 in Gaza may be acutely malnourished, with more than 12,800 severely affected

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7 d. ago Jane Goodall, pioneering chimpanzee expert who revealed the animals’ human links, dies aged 91

Award-winning primatologist who established world’s longest-running chimp study still lectured on conservation and climate even over age of 91

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9 d. ago A school field trip to see neoliberalism in action? Count me in | Zoe Williams

It wasn’t quite what I was expecting from my daughter’s A-level geography class, but I had plenty of ideasIf you happen to have children of an age to willingly study geography, you’ll know that it’s the topic with all the best field trips. They’re constantly going somewhere. That place is rarely cool to begin with, and they zone in on the least cool thing about it, so if they go to the seaside, they’re there to measure groynes rather than taste-test ice-creams; and if they go to a shopping centre, it’s to ask local residents what they think of urban regeneration, not to look round the shops. But they seem really into it, so who am I to cavil?Therefore, while only somewhat listening to a conversation about an A-level module on globalisation – which is split into categories, one of which is shipping containers, like a parody of school being boring, and another is neoliberalism – I got it into my head that my daughter had to go on a field trip to see some neoliberalism in action. Conti...

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9 d. ago Two thirds of public sector staff are on track for a decent retirement

Public sector workers 'rule the roost' when it comes to saving enough for old age, according to the study by Hargreaves Lansdown.

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1 week ago New study finds person may age faster if father smoked as a teen

The research found that smoking among boys could cause damage to developing sperm cells

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1 week ago People may age faster if father smoked during puberty, study finds

The effect is less pronounced if the father started smoking later in life.

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2 w. ago Fresh approaches needed to tackle political ‘age of rage’, US study suggests

Researchers show interventions to reduce hostility only have short-term impact and there is no ‘magical fix’Efforts to reduce the hostility people feel towards rival political parties can result in small changes – but such effects largely evaporate within two weeks, researchers have found.The team behind the work, which explored the impact of interventions ranging from correcting common misperceptions of the other side to enabling contact between political opponents, say their results suggest fresh approaches are needed to tackle what some have labelled the “age of rage”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Problem gamblers four times more at risk of suicide attempt by age 24 – study

Data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) study, also know as the Children of the 90s study, was analysed.

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4 w. ago People gathered for great meat feasts at end of British bronze age, study shows

Evidence of millions of animal bones at sites in West Country and Surrey points to ‘age of feasting’These days, revellers converge on the West Country from all parts of the UK and beyond to take part in the wonderful craziness of the Glastonbury festival.It turns out that at the end of the bronze age – also a time of climatic and economic crisis – the same sort of impulse gripped people. Continue reading...

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