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How to stop your cat from ruining your furniture

Here’s how to tackle the problem

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Scientists pinpoint strategies to stop cats from scratching your furniture

You children at home, personality traits of cats, and their activity levels impact the extent of scratching behaviour, researchers suggest.

Tuesday, Jul 2

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Ants amputate legs in order to ensure survival – study

This procedure prevents life-threatening infections from spreading through the ants’ bodies, researchers found.

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Healthy childhood diet keeps dementia away, scientists say

Researchers recommend long-term diet from childhood including leafy green vegetables, beans, whole fruits, and whole grains

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Aquarium gives tragic update on stingray that got pregnant without a mate

The aquarium announced in February that Charlotte was pregnant despite not having shared a tank with a male

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Dinosaur extinction paved way for spread of grapes, study finds

Dinosaur extinction led to forests becoming more crowded allowing understory growth, researchers say

Monday, Jul 1

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Bionic leg helps people with amputation walk naturally – study

The research shows that a natural walking gait is achievable using a prosthetic leg fully driven by the body’s own nervous system.

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Study looks at why later puberty is connected to living longer

Later puberty has been linked to improved health in adulthood and living longer

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Study of age of puberty in girls suggests links with weight gain

In girls, puberty and periods normally start between the ages of 10 to 15, but experts say this has been getting earlier in recent decades.

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Researchers look to Caribbean volcano for geothermal energy and critical metals

Fluids called geofluids are found beneath dormant volcanoes and have the potential to make geothermal a viable renewable energy source.

Sunday, Jun 30

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‘Limiting ultra-processed foods may not always result in healthy diet’

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The level of food processing should not act as a proxy for diet quality, researchers say.

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Baby-led weaning ‘provides ample nutrients to support growth and development’

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Babies who self-feed with finger foods were found to roughly have the same energy intake as infants who were spoon-fed on purees.

Friday, Jun 28

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Thursday, Jun 27

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‘Remarkably preserved’ 500-million-year-old sea creature discovered

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New findings have allowed scientists to document features in the extinct animal never seen before.

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How to watch ‘planet killer’ asteroid big enough to ‘end civilization’ fly near Earth this week

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The 7,600-foot long celestial object has earned the nickname ‘planet killer,’ flying at speeds of 58,000 miles per hour

Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction – study

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New analysis reveals they originated from no more than eight individuals but grew to number 200–300 within 20 generations.

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Popping multivitamins may not actually help people live longer, study finds

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A third of all US adults may be taking multivitamins hoping it would prevent future disease, report says

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Fossil of child reveals oldest known case of Down syndrome

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The Neanderthal child was nicknamed ‘Tina’

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First fossil evidence of Down Syndrome in Neanderthals shows compassionate side of human ancestors

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Findings have key implications for our understanding of Neanderthal behaviour, scientists say

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Satellite image sheds light on how ice and snow in clouds turn into rain

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Findings could help improve weather and climate predictions.

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Heart health could be biggest risk factor for future dementia rates – study

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An estimated 944,000 people in the UK live with dementia.

Wednesday, Jun 26

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Study shows taking supplements regularly does not lower risk of death

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Some supplements may even have an impact on other drugs being taken

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Taking multivitamins regularly is not linked to a lower risk of death – study

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Some experts suggest that shifting the focus from supplements to food may provide benefits vitamins cannot deliver.

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British people increasingly copying each other’s speaking style, study say

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Phenomenon known as resonance more common among upper classes

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Madagascan lemur ‘honks’ are music to our ears

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The primates have a natural ability to sing on beat.

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Almost half of Britons on antidepressants can quit now, study finds

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Scientists call for national helpline for people wanting to come off antidepressants

Tuesday, Jun 25

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Meet Gordonia – The squat pig with tusks and a reptile brain that lived in Scotland’s desert

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Gordonia was about three feet long and weighed approximately 45 pounds