The TelegraphCardiac Arrest Alexa, am I having a cardiac arrest?How smart speakers could save livesThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonSmart speakers like Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home could detect if people are having a cardiac arrest at home, to alert loved ones or call the emergency services, a study has shown. In the UK, 100,000 die
The Telegraph Full moon dates for 2019, including June's Strawberry MoonThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersDust off those binoculars and keep your eyes on the skies, as the sixth full moon of 2019 is fast approaching. As one of 12 full moons to admire every year, June's moon was dubbed the Strawberry Moon early
The TelegraphScience Majority of mums say exercise makes them feel guiltyThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonThe majority of mothers do not exercise because they feel too guilty about taking time away from their children, Sport England has found. A survey of 1,000 mothers of youngsters aged from newborns to years
The TelegraphScience Parish poison pen letter writer claims it was not his saliva on envelopeThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonA former parish council chairman convicted of writing a poison pen letter to a widow congratulating her on the death of her husband is to claim it was not his saliva on the envelope. Douglas Staples, of
The TelegraphOxfam Oxfam head denies cover up of sex scandal at former workplaceThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonThe chief executive of Oxfam who vowed to clean up the charity after the Haiti sex scandal has been forced to deny covering up similar wrongdoing at his former workplace. Danny Sriskandarajah, who joined
The TelegraphArthritis Electric pulse therapy lessons pain of rheumatoid arthritis, study showsThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonRheumatoid arthritis sufferers could experience significantly less pain by electrical stimulation of a key nerve that runs from the brain. More than 400,000 people in Britain suffer from rheumatoid arthritis
The TelegraphScience How a slight tilt of the head could change how others see youThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonAppearing confident or in charge of a situation may be as easy as a small tilt of the head, a new study suggests. Canadian researchers discovered that tucking the chin and lowering the head by just 10
The TelegraphScience Nature is good for your health - but only if it's two hours or more a week, scientists sayThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinSpending time among nature is only beneficial if it is done for more than two hours a week, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people who spend at least 120 minutes in nature a week are significantly
The TelegraphZebra Zebra stripes work as an elaborate cooling systemThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonThe mystery of how and why the zebra acquired its stripes has puzzled scientists for centuries. But now zoologists believe the alternating black and white markings act as an elaborate cooling system, a
The TelegraphMeat 'Net Zero 'pledge could require tax on meat, flights and each person could get £300 dividendThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonCutting greenhouse emissions to ‘net zero’ as pledged by the government could require a tax on meat, flights and fuel, analysis by the London School of Economics (LSE) has shown. Analysts have advised
The TelegraphPlastic Average person swallows plastic equivalent to a credit card every week, report findsThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonThe average person now ingests five grams of plastic each week, the equivalent of a credit card, a new report by WWF has found. Researchers found that people are consuming up to 102,000 tiny pieces of
The TelegraphFish Fish separated from their mate pine for each other and become pessimisticThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonFish separated from their mate pine for each other and become pessimistic, scientists have found for the first time, challenging the belief that sexual emotional attachment is unique to humans. Researchers
The TelegraphScience Why we might have to thank the Romans for Pinot Noir and SyrahThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonThe Romans loved wine so much that at the peak of empire it was estimated the capital was drinking 180 million litres annually, the equivalent of a bottle of wine per citizen per day. Yet until now it
The TelegraphAmphibians Plants driven to extinction at twice rate of mammals, birds and amphibiansThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonTwice the number of plants have been driven to extinction in the last 250 years than all the birds, mammals and amphibians combined, a 30 year research project has found. Scientists, including experts
The TelegraphProstate Cancer New prostate cancer test will give men 'peace of mind' that they will never develop the disease, scientists sayThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinA new one-off prostate cancer test at the age of 55 promises to give men “peace of mind” that they will never develop the disease, scientists have revealed. The 10-minute scan, which could be rolled out
The TelegraphNHS Hi-tech gadget will be used to relieve severe headachesThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonSevere headache sufferers will be given a gadget rather than pills to alleviate the pain, the head of NHS England announced on Wednesday. Cluster headaches, which are often mistaken for migraines, are
The TelegraphPlastic Britain's canals and rivers could be plastic free if visitors picked up one piece of rubbishThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonBritain's rivers and canals would be free of plastic within months if every visitor simply picked up one discarded item each, a charity has said. The Canal & River Trust, which cares for 2,000 miles of
The TelegraphScience Heart disease rates halve in a decade as statins and stop-smoking campaigns reap huge benefitsThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonHeart disease rates have halved in a decade as statins and the fall in smoking have hugely reduced the prevalence of the condition. Although heart disease is still the leading cause of death in Britain,
The TelegraphUnited Kingdom First satellites could lift off from Britain next year as UK Space Agency gives green light to Virgin OrbitThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonThe first satellites could lift off from Britain next year after the UK Space Agency pledged millions to help Virgin Orbit launch from Cornwall. Business Secretary Greg Clark said the new horizontal launch
The TelegraphScience Just two per cent of actors make a living from the profession, huge study showsThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonWhen Noel Coward cautioned ‘Don’t put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington’ in the 1930s song, he warned that the acting profession was ‘overcrowded’ and the ‘struggle, pretty tough.’ Now mathematicians
The TelegraphScience Gonorrhea in over-65s rising at nearly double national average with divorce and dating apps to blameThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonGonorrhea among the over-65s is rising at nearly double the national average with divorce and dating apps blamed for greater promiscuity amongst pensioners. The number of cases rose by 42 per cent for
The TelegraphMutations World's first gene-edited babies 'more likely' to die youngThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinTwo Babies whose genes were allegedly edited to make them resistant to HIV are more likely to die young and would have been better off without the treatment, a study has found. Last year Chinese biophysicist
The TelegraphScience New laser eye surgery promises to double number of donor organsThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinA new laser corneal transplant technique has been successfully performed in the UK for the first time, in an advance that promises to double the number of available donor organs. Known as the Femto LDVZ8,
The TelegraphScience Meet Ai-Da: the robot artist giving real painters a run for their moneyThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinAuguste Rodin spent the best part of four decades working on his epic sculpture The Gates of Hell. The Mona Lisa, by contrast, took Leonardo da Vinci a mere 15 years or so, although it should be noted
The TelegraphScience Smoking around pregnant women may increase asthma risk in childrenThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinSmoking around pregnant women significantly increases the risk of the baby developing asthma, a new study suggests. DNA scientists found correlations between altered expression of genetic code in children
The TelegraphDating Dating apps fuel crash dieting, particularly among men, study findsThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinDating apps are encouraging dangerous crash dieting practices, particularly among men, according to a new study. An investigation by Harvard University found a strong correlation between people who use
The TelegraphPregnancy Stress in pregnancy 'reduces the chance' of having grandchildrenThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinStress in early pregnancy may affect a woman’s chances of having grandchildren, a study has found. Researchers have identified a link between mothers who undergo distressing events during the first 18
The TelegraphEnergy Drinks Energy drinks risking potentially fatal heart rhythm disruption - but it's not the caffeine, scientists findThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinEnergy drinks are causing potentially fatal heart disorders that are not explained by their high caffeine content, a study has found. Experts have warned people with congenital heart conditions and high
The TelegraphGoogle Maps Google Maps increases risk of developing Alzheimer's, expert warnsThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonSatellite navigation aids like Google Maps could be damaging people’s brains and may even contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, a navigation expert has warned. David Barrie, CBE, a former
