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Staff slept while patient killed at NHS mental health unit

Hugo's father, William Flint Cahan, who has attended each day of the inquest with other family members, says there was "complacency" by staff, as well as a lack of care. He maintains his son's death was "preventable had the...

Wild dogs defy the odds with record 2,500-mile trek across Africa

Three sisters almost completed an equally epic journey, but stopped when one became trapped in a snare.African wild dogs are among Africa's rarest predators, with only about 6,000 remaining in the wild.They live in highly social packs, hunt together...

Wildfire strategy doesn’t need a winner – with 3 camps fighting for dominance, the system can’t keep up with the risk

One of the problems with how America deals with wildfires is thinking there is one primary strategy that can end the nation’s wildfire crisis. Whether that’s detecting and putting out every fire fast, increasing logging...

ESA’s FLEX mission reveals the secret glow of plants

Plants may look still and silent, but every leaf is constantly responding to its environment.As plants photosynthesise, they emit an incredibly faint glow called fluorescence. Invisible to our eyes, this signal can reveal how plants are using sunlight and...

The Pitt is up for 25 Emmys – but the show’s biggest fans are real-life doctors

Doctors we spoke to do point out that each episode of The Pitt brings together several urgent trauma cases which typically might be spread across 24 hours or more.But Prof Damian Roland, a practising emergency medicine consultant, notes that...

September reset: Why now is the time to start a new routine and how to stick to it

For Cami, a content creator and podcast host from Northampton, September spells the end of summer spontaneity and a time to restore order."If you've been away for the summer you've probably not had a massive routine," she says. "And...

Nepal floods: The Himalayas are melting faster – and India’s economy is ‘at risk’

"This is national and international infrastructure," he said, warning that the ecological system underpinning it is "approaching a tipping point".Not all the forces driving glacier loss are beyond the region's control.The Systemiq research estimates that roughly a third of...

The 10 best underground sci-fi movies to dig into now that ‘Silo’ season 3 has ended

Unless you’re a naked mole rat or a worm-lizard, you were never meant to live your life out underground like the poor doomsday denizens of Apple TV's "Silo."Season 3 has revealed how a trillionaire industrialist named Per Stenson (Colin...

Pennsylvania woman dies of measles-related complications, Jefferson County Coroner reports

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office in Pennsylvania confirmed the first measles-related death in the county on Saturday....

Some dentists say more young people are grinding their teeth – are you one of them?

While you can treat the symptoms - by wearing a mouthguard, for example - getting to the source of what's causing your teeth grinding is just as important, says dental sleep specialist, Dr Aditi Desai."Too often," she says, "dentists...
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Bangkok locals create floating market during floods in Thailand

Locals in Bangkok have transformed a flooded street in front of a shopping mall into a temporary floating market...
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