DNA study reveals deadly diseases that ravaged Napoleon’s doomed army
Bodies in a mass grave were stricken with multiple infections
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China’s rare golden monkeys debut at European zoos, a possible successor to ‘panda diplomacy’
China’s endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys have joined pandas as diplomatic envoys to Europe.
Napoleon’s soldiers who died in Russian retreat had unexpected diseases, study finds
Analysis of DNA from teeth of troops buried in mass grave suggests soldiers had paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever When Napoleon ordered his army to retreat from Russia in October 1812, disaster ensued. Starving, cold, exhausted and struggling with …
India trials Delhi cloud seeding to clean air in world’s most polluted city
Bharatiya Janata party launches first test flight as brown haze blankets city after Diwali – but experts decry ‘gimmick’The Delhi regional government is trialling a cloud-seeding experiment to induce artificial rain, in an effort to clean the air in th…
Surgeons remove up to 100 magnets from New Zealand teen’s gut
Surgeons call the case ‘alarming’ due to the difficulty in enforcing the ban on magnets
Antidepressants differ in side-effects such as weight gain, UK research finds
Notable variations between different medications were found in weight gain or loss, heart rate and blood pressurePeople taking certain types of antidepressants can gain up to 2kg (4.5lbs) in weight within the first two months of treatment, while patien…
Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns
Expected reduction in contributions by wealthy countries likely to cost millions of lives and billions in lost growthSlashed contributions from wealthy countries to an anti-malaria fund could allow a resurgence of the disease, costing millions of lives…
Experts hail ‘remarkable’ success of electronic implant in restoring sight
Sight of 84% of people with form of age-related macular degeneration restored after being fitted with deviceAn electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential “n…
Low participation in medical trials puts millions of young people at risk
Exclusive: Data shows gen Z could miss out on new treatments because so few sign up for trials and studies in England‘I wish I took part sooner’: how a medical trial transformed a young person’s lifeMillions of young people risk missing out on new trea…
Boriswave, fighting-age men, cultural Marxism: how the far right is changing how we speak
Why are the online far right so successful in shaping our political language? With Dr Robert Topinka At a press conference in September, Reform UK announced a seismic policy proposal – the end of indefinite leave to remain for immigrants. This change, …