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Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, a new study has found.Claiming to be the largest genetic study to date on sex differences in major…

One of the Nobel prize awarding bodies has warned that academic freedom is under threat in the US and elsewhere, with political interference risking long-lasting negative…

Russia plans to raise tax to fund its defence budget as oil revenues decline.Despite Western sanctions, Russia’s military spending has fuelled its war economy. Three years…

It is 21 years since Tony Blair’s government made proposals for an ID card system to tackle illegal working and immigration, and to make it more…

Children and teenagers are still at risk from online harm on Instagram despite the rollout of “woefully ineffective” safety tools, according to research led by a…

Women who miss their first breast cancer screening appointment have a 40% higher risk of dying from the disease, according to a new study.Experts at the…

Donald Trump’s administration is on Monday expected to tie pregnant women’s use of the popular medicine Tylenol – known as paracetamol elsewhere in the world –…

Nigel Farage has pledged to abolish what he called the “grossly unfair” main route for immigrants to gain British citizenship, threatening tens of thousands of people…

Nearly twice as many Britons view artificial intelligence as a risk to the economy than regard it as an opportunity, according to Tony Blair’s thinktank.The Tony…

The heads of UK physics departments say their subject is facing a national crisis as one in four warns that their university departments are in danger…