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Estimates suggest 170 million children and adolescents worldwide are obese. That includes 70 million children aged 5–9. Obesity prevalence in this age group has quadrupled since 1990, rising from 2% to 8%.In 2024, 35 million children under the age...

Assistant warden Tara McEvoy-Wilding said 2026 had been eye-opening and the "brown, sad and crispy" vegetation was a visual reminder of how dry it had been."This year feels like the real first year people have been noticing climate change,"...

A woman whose baby was too ill to be born is calling for better awareness of choosing a termination for medical reasons.Rosanna Brown, who lives near Waterlooville, Hampshire, was advised to end her pregnancy with son William in 2023...

The Great Sphinx of Giza isn’t the only ancient, stony visage in the area missing its nose.A fossil crocodilian discovered in the same 45-million-year-old limestone that ancient Egyptians used to build the Sphinx is also missing the tip of...

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After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft is scheduled to depart Friday, Oct. 9, as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services-24...

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A Mother’s BrainSusana CarmonaMIT Press, $27.95When it comes to new motherhood, the baby typically takes center stage, garnering most of people’s attention. But in a refreshing twist, neuroscientist Susana Carmona shifts the spotlight to the mom. In the opening...

New legislation in the UK, external, taking affect in the new year, will permanently ban the legal sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009 to create a "smoke-free" generation. Hazel Cheeseman, from the charity...