Half-a-billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of molluscs
A team of researchers have made an astonishing discovery of a new species of mollusc that lived 500 million years...
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Largest ever trial of ketamine-assisted therapy for alcohol disorder now recruiting
The largest ever trial to investigate whether ketamine-assisted therapy could help people with alcohol problems stop drinking is now recruiting...
Farmers needed for major new study to explore the feasibility of a wildcat reintroduction in Devon
Researchers are asking for people’s help with a pioneering study into the numbers and behaviour of farm cats. The research...
Boosting children’s voices could help to relieve significant backlogs in the family court, study says
Giving children a right to be heard and taken seriously when parents separate could help couples reach sustainable child arrangements...
Thousands of childcare places lost in the South West in the past year, new report warns
The scale of nursery closures in the South West is greater than anywhere else in the country – with 30,000...
Flamingos don’t preen more than other waterbirds
Despite their famously fancy feathers, flamingos don’t spent more time preening than other waterbirds, new research shows. Scientists watched five...
Novel sequencing approaches highlight role of brain gene activity in Alzheimer’s disease
Innovative new research has revealed that the activity of different versions of genes expressed in the brain is associated with...
Health visitors should become universal service to stem crisis in early years, report says
The role of health visitors needs to be urgently expanded and better supported to tackle widespread mental health, nutritional and...
Warming stops tiny organisms working together
Hotter conditions prevent two tiny organisms working together for mutual benefit, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists studied a...