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The most authoritative assessment of UK wildlife has landed. Its verdict on the country’s biodiversity? One in six species faces extinction and assessed plants and animals have declined by a fifth on average since 1970 when monitoring began. The state of nature report produced by a group of over 60 organisations shows no let-up in the decline of wildlife on land, in rivers and at sea, but it does highlight where conservation efforts are working says Richard
Gregory, a professor of evolution and genetics at UCL.
While awareness of gynaecological cancers has improved in recent years, one illness still receives far too little attention: vulval cancer. Taboo around genitalia and often vague symptoms during early stages of the disease have delayed diagnoses which could prove life-threatening, says Sophie Rees, a research fellow at the University of Bristol. Here’s all you need to know about spotting the signs and getting help.
Elsewhere, physicists have made an important discovery about antimatter – an enigmatic substance at the heart of one of the greatest mysteries of the universe.
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Jack Marley
Environment + Energy Editor
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Water voles are endangered mammals in the British Isles.
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Richard Gregory, UCL
Wildlife populations continue to decline in the UK, one of the world’s most nature-deprived countries.
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Sophie Rees, University of Bristol
The little-known gynaecological cancer with a link to HPV.
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Insertion of the ALPHA-g apparatus.
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William Bertsche, Manchester University
It seems there isn’t a sci-fi part if the universe in which everything is made of antimatter.
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Politics + Society
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Sophie King-Hill, University of Birmingham
A staggered age of consent has been suggested, which would make it illegal for adults to have sex with under-18s.
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Arts + Culture
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Amber Gwynne, The University of Queensland
Celebrities have long employed ghostwriters to help them tell their life stories. But their involvement in creating celebrity children’s books and novels is more recent – and more controversial.
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Clare Carolin, King's College London
Abramović is the first woman in the Royal Academy of Arts’ history to have a solo retrospective in its main galleries.
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Business + Economy
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Muhammad Ali Nasir, University of Leeds
Central banks balance different factors when raising rates – or not – including inflation and the labour market. But what other countries are doing also has an effect.
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Education
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Laura Nicholson, Edge Hill University; David Putwain, Liverpool John Moores University
Messages from teachers like ‘if you do not work hard, you will fail your GCSEs and you will not get into college’ are known as fear appeals.
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Environment
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Jack Marley, The Conversation
But historical energy transitions show current shift from fossil fuels will need to be sped up.
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Gokcay Balci, University of Bradford; Ebru Surucu-Balci, University of Bradford
Shipping companies are turning the tanker too slowly to decarbonise on time.
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Apparao Rao, Clemson University ; Bingan Lu, Hunan University; Mihir Parekh, Clemson University ; Morteza Sabet, Clemson University
Lithium-ion batteries power many electric cars, bikes and scooters. When they are damaged or overheated, they can ignite or explode. Four engineers explain how to handle these devices safely.
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Marta Torre-Schaub, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
In a momentous case, young EU citizens will seek to draw among a range of principles from human rights, such as that of effectiveness, to arm-twist governments into impactful climate action.
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Health
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Mary Hickson, University of Plymouth
But there was little effect on fatigue.
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Mohammad Najlah, Anglia Ruskin University
Liposomes have been used to enhance the effectiveness of medicines for decades – but it doesn’t necessarily mean they will work in food supplements too.
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Science + Technology
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Rohini Vijaygopal, The Open University; Rita Kottasz, Kingston University; Roger Bennett, Kingston University
People with disabilities are concerned about breaking down or having accidents when alone in driverless cars.
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Simon McCarthy-Jones, Trinity College Dublin
If we decide that AI helps us think freely, we may need to give it rights too.
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