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Back to SearchShould American bully XLs be banned?
The UK home secretary, Suella Braverman, is pushing for a ban on American bully XL dogs after an attack on an 11-year-old girl in Birmingham. Madelei…
2 years, 7 months ago
Teen mental health and social media: what does the evidence tell us?
Ian Sample talks to Dr Amy Orben, who leads the digital mental health programme at the Medical Research Council’s cognition and brain sciences unit, …
2 years, 7 months ago
First African climate summit: can development and climate action coexist?
Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s east Africa global development correspondent, Caroline Kimeu, about the challenges and tensions at play at…
2 years, 8 months ago
Everything you need to know about the new Covid variant
The UK Health Security Agency has announced plans to bring forward its autumn Covid-19 vaccination programme, and scale up testing and surveillance, …
2 years, 8 months ago
Why are scientists so excited about the vagus nerve? – podcast
Serving as a two-way ‘electrical superhighway’, the vagus nerve – which is actually a pair of nerves – allows for communication between the brain and…
2 years, 8 months ago
Iris scans: proof of our humanity in an AI future, or marketing gimmick?
Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s technology reporter Hibaq Farah about Worldcoin, a new cryptocurrency offering users tokens in exchange for…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Y chromosome has finally been sequenced: here’s why it matters
Twenty years after the first pass at sequencing the entire human genome, the Y chromosome has finally been fully decoded. Madeleine Finlay speaks to …
2 years, 8 months ago
Apple cider vinegar gummies: what’s the science behind the weight loss trend?
Apple cider vinegar is touted as a cure-all for everything from excess weight to digestion issues and blood sugar spikes. Supplement ‘gummies’ are th…
2 years, 8 months ago
Killing the Skydancer: episode three, An Open Secret
In this special Age of Extinction mini-series from Science Weekly, Guardian biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston explores the illegal killing of birds…
2 years, 8 months ago
Killing the Skydancer: episode two, The Perfect Crime
In this special Age of Extinction mini-series from Science Weekly, Guardian biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston explores the murky world of the illeg…
2 years, 8 months ago