A study of 86,000 older adults across Europe shows people who speak multiple languages tend to age more slowly than monolinguals.

There are disparities in provision for children with special educational needs across England.

Early trial results for a multi-cancer blood test have sparked excitement, but the technology still fails to detect three in every five cases.

Two-thirds of the UK’s population eat less than one portion of beans each week.

In his new book, This is for Everyone, the creator of the web argues for protection against the power and privacy invasion of big tech companies.

The reggae singer used his music to speak out at issues that mattered.

The fourth episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail uses the novel Emma to explore the writer’s views on friendship.

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Capitalising on children’s existing multilingualism would be beneficial.

We may be only beginning to understand how complicated sleep is.

Researchers, educators, young people and artists are collaborating to develop a ‘pedagogy of hope’ for creative climate change education.

Saudi Arabia has explicitly linked joining the Abraham accords to a plan for a Palestinian state.

Jair Bolsonaro is now expected to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup in 2022.

The realities of climate and land use change are jarringly obvious in Amazonia.

The new series attempts to chart the fall of four major empires but doesn’t always get it right.

Makers of “high risk” AI systems will get more time to comply with the rules.

More than 90% of adults worldwide are already infected with the Epstein-Barr virus.

The COVID inquiry focused on whether lockdowns came too soon or too late, but the more important question is could they have been avoided altogether?

These are the conversations the UK still refuses to have.

Chronic wounds affect millions of people worldwide, blighting their quality of life.

Child refugees could live their entire childhoods in Britain with no guarantee that they will remain in the place they have come to think of as home.

As adults interact with kids, they share views and create new knowledge. So what happens if screens take over that interaction?

The artist’s incredible skill once helped the painting to serve as a life-saving disguise.