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The two-year decline in healthy life expectancy in Britain, set out in new analysis from the Health Foundation thinktank, is devastating. In a wealthy country like…

Governments in Europe should impose much higher taxes on alcohol and unhealthy food to tackle the continent’s 284,000 deaths a year from liver disease, experts say.Taxes…

Lidl and Iceland have become the first companies to have ads banned after the introduction of rules cracking down on the marketing of junk food in…

Almost a generation has passed since Jamie Oliver’s four-part Channel 4 documentary series Jamie’s School Dinners exposed the unhealthy reality of the food served to pupils…

The junk food ad ban intended to curb childhood obesity will affect only 1% of the £2.4bn spent annually on advertising food and drink, and may…

January 21, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmSonic booms can protect Earth from dangerous space junkScientists are using technology developed to study earthquakes to…

After years of wrangling, from this week new rules shield children in the UK from junk food advertisements. Those featuring processed food and drink products in…

We cut the eggs in half so that it stretches. We used to give out a whole dozen of eggs. Now we cut the dozens in…

Reporting Highlights Moving Cars Fast: An analysis of 6,000 forms that Connecticut towing companies submitted to sell cars found firms regularly listed low values, which allows…

November 14, 20251 min readStranded Chinese Astronauts Return to Earth, but Space Junk Threats RemainThe Shenzhou 20 spacecraft was too damaged to bring its crew home…