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The oldest known wooden tools have been found in an opencast mine in Greece. They are 430,000 years old...

The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced.The move was based on the spread of cases in 2024 when there were 3,600 suspected cases.Elimination status means there is no sustained transmission so this...

Solar geoengineering could be even more costly than unabated global warming if it is cut off suddenly, leading to...

BBCJorell Hill, who has competed in 10 races so far, says he has "definitely caught the bug"."I did my first one in December 2024 and since then I haven't been been on a single holiday abroad that hasn't...

Nick Triggle,Health correspondentandElena Bailey,Health reporterGetty ImagesTens of thousands of children in England have spent more than a year waiting for NHS community care such as hearing services, speech and language therapy and disability support, the BBC has found.The...

Jessica MasonJessica said the treatment took its toll on her 13-year-old son and also pushed her into early menopause, meaning she had to give up her plans to have another child."I couldn't cook and couldn't clean, I couldn't even...

A new NHS database of genes linked to cancer could enable patients and their families in England to find out whether they are at risk of developing the disease.People will be able to have their genetic information compared to...

Researchers in Class of 1942 Professor of Chemistry Matthew D. Shoulders’ lab have uncovered a sinister hidden mechanism that...

MIT Professor Emeritus Richard O. Hynes PhD ’71, a cancer biologist whose discoveries reshaped modern understandings of...

Sea turtles may be better able to cope with climate change than we had thought. Biologists are concerned that...