Starmer vows to 'defeat decline and division' in new year message
The PM acknowledges "things have been tough" but says 2026 will see "positive change".
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My son was given world's most expensive gene therapy drug - now he can walk
Five-year-old Edward can walk independently, his mum says, and she hopes he will lead a happy life.
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Trump vetoes first bills of his second term
Trump vetoed a bill on a Colorado water project he said wasn't economically viable, but one of his allies questioned if he had political motives.
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Man charged with murder after car hits pedestrian
Liverpool fan Ruben Nunes, 34, died at the scene of the crash on Chapel Close, the Met Police said.
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Why 2026 is Keir Starmer's make or break year
With devolved elections coming up, questions over Labour’s direction and internal 'campaigning' already under way according to some insiders, where does this
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UK company sends factory with 1,000C furnace into space
A factory in space has been switched on and has reached temperatures of about 1,000C.
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Black hole stars really do exist in the early universe
Mysterious ‘little red dots’ seen by the James Webb Space Telescope can be explained by a new kind of black hole enshrouded in an enormous ball of glowing g
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The US beat back bird flu in 2025 – but the battle isn’t over
After starting the year with its first known bird flu death, the US expanded its efforts to contain the virus, which enabled it to end its public health emergen
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Gene therapy for Huntington’s disease showed great promise in 2025
An experimental gene therapy seems to slow the progression of Huntington’s disease by about 75 per cent, and researchers are working to make its complicated d
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Disney and OpenAI have made a surprise deal – what happens next?
In a stunning reversal, Disney has changed tack with regard to safeguarding its copyrighted characters from incorporation into AI tools – perhaps a sign that
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Some Arctic warming ‘irreversible’ even if we cut atmospheric CO2
Efforts to lower the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may come too late to prevent long-term changes to the Arctic
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The most amazing archaeology photos and discoveries of 2025
The first Denisovan skull, an ancient hunter’s toolkit and a Roman man’s brain that has turned to glass: here are our picks of the year’s most striking fi
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Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright
For centuries, Europeans thought that eternal daylight saturated the cosmos. The shift to a dark universe has had a profound psychological impact upon us
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Genetic trick to make mosquitoes malaria resistant passes key test
The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study supports its success
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Science still produced many wonders in 2025 despite being under siege
Though there were setbacks on climate change and funding for science this year, there was still plenty of amazing discoveries to marvel at
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Test your brain on these mind-bending scientific riddles
A bizarre Christmas dinner invitation, some mysterious carol singers and even a spot of charades. Can you solve all 12 of our unique festive riddles?
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Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population’s health
Urban populations in southern Britain experienced a decline in health that lasted for generations after the Romans arrived
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How I learned to keep my brain in better repair this year
Neuroscience columnist Helen Thomson on how she discovered a host of evidence-based ways to keep her brain healthier in 2026
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Physicists used 'dark photons' in an effort to rewrite physics in 2025
A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change our understanding of the nature of
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Putting data centres in space isn't going to happen any time soon
From massive solar panels to the difficulty of staying cool - not to mention high-energy radiation - there are a lot of engineering problems that need to be sol
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