Once‑weekly HIV pill as effective as daily…
A weekly oral pill would give people living with HIV greater treatment choice.
The Conversation
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Science
Research, discovery and the natural world — from the cosmos to the cell.
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The psychology of overconfidence: why excessive…
Most people are overconfident. There’s an evolutionary reason for this.
The Conversation
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Bones are much more dynamic than scientists…
Your bones run on a 24-hour clock too and disrupting it with late nights and screens could be weakening your skeleton.
The Conversation
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What happens to pupils’ Welsh after they leave…
Schools can teach Welsh, but can they create lifelong speakers? New research suggests the answer is more complicated than policy assumes.
The Conversation
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The UK Stargazing Calendar 2026: Meteor Showers, Eclipses and the Best Viewing Dates
The UK sky delivers a genuinely rich annual calendar of visible astronomical events, if you know when and where to look. Here is a…
Elena Marsh
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Heat Pumps vs Gas Boilers: What the Efficiency Data Actually Shows in 2026
Heat pump running costs depend heavily on efficiency, insulation and electricity-to-gas price ratios. Here is what the data actually shows…
Amelia Hart
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Money worries can leave a lasting mark on the…
Tracking thousands of people from birth to their 80s shows that long-term financial stress may quietly reshape the ageing brain.
The Conversation
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Updating Darwin: biologists are returning to an…
To make sense of some characteristics that species exhibit from birth, you have to turn to an old discredited theory known as Lamarckism.
The Conversation
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Scuba divers underestimate how much damage they…
As part of our research we interviewed and followed hundreds of scuba divers.
The Conversation
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