4 h. ago The Amazon is shifting into a 'hypertropical state' not seen for MILLIONS of years, scientists warn

This new, hotter climate could be commonplace by 2100, and will see the rainforest experience more frequent and intense droughts.

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5 d. ago Blood test could predict who is most at risk from common inherited heart condition

Exclusive: Scientists find a way to forecast hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which affects millions worldwideScientists are developing a simple blood test to predict who is most at risk from the world’s most common inherited heart condition.Millions of people worldwide have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a disease of the heart muscle where the wall of the heart becomes thickened. It is caused by a change in one or more genes and mostly passed on through families. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis

Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerableHow climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and chartsThe destruction of food supplies by crop pests is being supercharged by the climate crisis, with losses expected to surge, an analysis has concluded.Researchers said the world was lucky to have so far avoided a major shock and was living on borrowed time, with action needed to diversify crops and boost natural predators of pests. Continue reading...

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1 week ago How bird flu could spark human pandemic as scientists warn of 'genuine threat'

Dozens of outbreaks bird flu have been detected in wild birds and commercial poultry across the UK

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2 w. ago Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’

Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts sayThe Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported.From October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern record keeping, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said, with the last 10 years being the 10 warmest on record in the Arctic. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bird flu virus is adapting to infect cows, Scots scientists warn

Researchers have warned that the disease can infect cow cells and tissues more effectively than older strains.

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2 w. ago The common sleep disorder that could have grave consequences if left untreated

Chronic stress from condition can alter heart’s structure and function, scientists warn

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2 w. ago 2025 is set to be in the top three hottest years on record, scientists warn

This year will also likely round out the first three-year period in which the average global temperature exceeded 1.5C

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3 w. ago Crumbling health systems and misinformation fuelling global surge in measles, scientists warn

Experts say that a ‘generational decline in living standards’ could be behind waning rates of vaccination

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3 w. ago Space astronomy is under threat from ‘megaconstellations’ of satellites, scientists warn

Some satellites will soon have 96% of their pictures ‘contaminated’ by internet satellites, study finds

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4 w. ago Bird flu 'resistant' to human body's defence system as scientists warn of 'pandemic threat'

New research has revealed why bird flu viruses pose a particular threat to humans

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last month Family of Amazon warehouse worker who died on shift 'intend to take legal advice' following inquest

Martin Vaughan collapsed during his shift at the Amazon warehouse and was taken to hospital

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