Forskningsradar

Vetenskapsnyheter

Redaktionellt bearbetade vetenskapsnyheter — 3202 artiklar

Solstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologists
<p>Wessex Archaeology suspect they have uncovered a prototype for world-famous Stonehenge site in Wiltshire</p><p>A 5,000-year-old monument that was aligned with the summer and winter solstices and may have served as a prototype for the later solar alignment at Stonehenge has been discovered close to the famous neolithic site, in what archaeologists have described as a “once in a lifetime” find.</p><p>The structure at Bulford, 5km (3 miles) from the world heritage site in Wiltshire, has been carbon dated to around 3000BC, the same time as the earliest phase of construction at Stonehenge and 500 years before its huge trilithon stones were carefully placed to line up with the midsummer and midwinter sun.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/18/solstice-aligned-monument-archaeology-wiltshire-stonehenge-prototype">Continue reading...</a>
HPV jabs cut risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 to almost zero
<p>Study reveals positive news, but experts say deaths and cases may rise again as fewer teenagers get vaccinated</p><p>Women who received an HPV vaccine in early adolescence have virtually zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before the age of 30, according to a groundbreaking study, but falling vaccination rates could see a rise in avoidable deaths.</p><p>Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, according to the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world-health-organization">World Health Organization</a>, and high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause <a href="https://www.who.int/health-topics/cervical-cancer#tab=tab_1">99% of cases</a>. About 3,300 women in England are diagnosed with the disease every year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/17/hpv-jabs-reduce-risk-dying-cervical-cancer-before-30-zero-study-finds">Continue reading...</a>