Mice learned how to be sneaky from living alongside humans, new research suggests 

Mice learned how to be sneaky from living alongside humans, new research suggests Researchers in Germany looked at three populations of house mice for the study Mice which have been with humans longest were best at problem-solving tasks  Tasks included opening lid or window of a Lego house to get a tasty mealworm  By Victoria … Read more

Roadmap out of lockdown: Blueprint for UK’s future suggests pubs back in business in May

Leisure businesses may not return to ‘broadly normal’ until July under a roadmap out of lockdown. The blueprint being discussed by ministers and industry leaders would allow restrictions to be eased only at four-weekly intervals.  The gradual approach means traders will have to wait until at least Easter – early April – for a limited … Read more

Hard partying in your 20s raises your risk of heart problems later in life, research suggests 

Hard partying in your 20s raises your risk of heart problems later in life by NINE times, research suggests Study of more than million people fired warning of the dangers of hard partying  Young adults up to nine times more likely to develop premature heart disease  Found higher number of substances used recreationally the greater … Read more

Coronavirus: Testing survey suggests headache and tiredness more common than fever

Does UK need to overhaul its Covid symptom list? Cough, fatigue and headache are most common signs of illness, study claims – but they aren’t all eligible for swab tests ONS report found fewer than half get symptoms before testing positive Cough is the most common, but fever and anosmia further down the list Headache … Read more

It will take SEVEN YEARS to end the coronavirus pandemic, vaccination calculator suggests

It will take SEVEN YEARS to end the coronavirus pandemic by getting shots in the arms of 75% of the world’s population – but the US could reach herd immunity by the 2022 New Year, vaccination calculator shows At the current pace of vaccination, it will take  seven years for the world to reach herd … Read more

Hearing music under the knife means less pain when you wake up, new research suggests 

Listening to soothing music and words while you’re unconscious on the operating table could mean you wake up in less pain. That’s the finding from new research, published in The BMJ, which looked at whether playing relaxing music and recordings of positive comments, such as ‘You are safe now and in good care’, to patients under … Read more

Study suggests up to two-thirds of products could disrupt hormones or cause allergic reactions

Fears over ‘harmful’ chemicals found in cosmetics after study suggests up to two-thirds of products could disrupt hormones or cause allergic reactions Study of toiletries found some could have bad effect on people and environment  Fears 20 out of 28 tested could disrupt hormones and cause allergic reactions  Also fears that some could pollute the … Read more

Rita Ora suggests Charles Dickens would have liked her modernised take on his Oliver Twist tale

Rita Ora has suggested Charles Dickens would have been a fan of her modernised take on his classic Oliver Twist tale, despite the film being panned by critics. The 30-year-old singer stars as Dodge, a gender-switched version of the Artful Dodger in the newly released Twist, which sees Rafferty Law in the titular role. And in … Read more

Two Pfizer doses ‘are 99.96% effective,’ research in Israel suggests

Two Pfizer doses ‘are 99.96% effective’: Double jab weeks apart prevents almost ALL cases of Covid-19, research in Israel suggests Israeli research has found that just 0.04 per cent of those vaccinated with both doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine went on to develop coronavirus Of the 700,000 people vaccinated, just 300 later contracted Covid-19, with … Read more

Eating plenty of fish in childhood can halve the risk of developing asthma, study suggests 

Regularly eating salmon, mackerel and sardines as a child can halve the risk of developing asthma as you get older, according to a team of scientists.  Queen ‘Mary University of London researchers studied data from 4,500 children born in the 1990s in the UK – that have been monitored by scientists since birth. Those who … Read more