US man dies from brain-eating amoeba after…
A Florida man has died from a brain-eating amoeba, state health officials have confirmed.The naegleria fowleri…
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Obesity drugs: is new ‘skinny jab’ a game…
A new drug designed to trigger weight loss through just one injection a week is to be made available on the NHS,…
The Week Unwrapped: fat-busting jabs, Fox’s…
Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With…
Junior doctors’ strike: can bitter row be…
The NHS is seeing its longest-ever period of industrial action with tens of thousands of junior doctors joining…
Nootropics: do brain-boosting drugs work and are…
An assortment of supplements and pills promising to boost brain activity and performance have been available to buy…
Rolls-Royce gets £2.9m for ‘James Bond’ Moon…
Rolls-Royce has been awarded funding by the UK Space Agency to build a nuclear reactor to power a base on the…
Africa’s tectonic shift: how the continent is…
Africa is slowly splitting in two, geologists have confirmed, a process that will eventually tear entire nations…
Five good-news cancer breakthroughs in 2023
The number of people diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK is projected to rise to 500,000 by 2040, according…
The Week Unwrapped: Life expectancy,…
Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With…
The demise of public toilets in the UK
The UK is in the midst of a public toilet crisis, with the closure of hundreds of public loos over the past decade…