The Environment Agency says new research will help it inform future action at Windermere.
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<p>UK report argues people have greater control over longevity than widely understood, but others say claim is simplistic</p><p>Individuals bear at least 80% of the responsibility for their ill health in old age, according to a report aimed at challenging the belief that physical decline is either inevitable or primarily the responsibility of the state.</p><p>The <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d6cdfd06e3c86000161675c/t/6a0d60a36dd49d5589f16bf5/1779261603177/e-OLP+Report.pdf">report</a>, launched at the Smart Ageing Summit in Oxford last week, argues that individuals have far greater control over their longevity than is commonly understood. The authors call on the government to take legislative action on alcohol comparable to restrictions on smoking.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/20/responsibility-ill-health-old-age-oxford-longevity-project-study">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Nuclear power could enable long-term lunar missions, but NASA’s timeline may be too ambitious</p>
Six simple things you can do to help keep your house cool when temperatures rise.
<p>Some extinct human ancestors and modern-day apes appear to share wrist traits that raise the question of whether our last common ancestor walked on its knuckles</p>
It's part of Democrats' strategy to focus on health care affordability and access in drawing contrasts with Republicans ahead of the midterms.
<p>Vibrating flowers uses huge amounts of energy, forcing bees to choose which plants to visit and affecting which ones are pollinated</p><p>Bees use as much energy collecting pollen through “floral buzzing” as they do taking off in flight, a study shows.</p><p>Scientists have found the vibrations bumblebees use to shake pollen loose from flowers are among the most exhausting behaviours they perform, forcing bees to “carefully choose” which flowers are worth visiting.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/20/bees-pollen-collection-floral-buzzing-exhausting-as-flight-take-off-study-shows">Continue reading...</a>
An NIH leadership vacuum has persisted for months, with 15 of the 27 institutes being led by acting directors.
OpenEvidence CTO Zachary Ziegler said, at the STAT Breakthrough Summit West, that the company is looking beyond physician users.
Are too many symptoms blamed on perimenopause? Two experts weigh in on the “First Opinion Podcast.”
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Wales' new government must do more to prepare the country for climate change, says an advisory body.
Conservationists say the Isle of Man has the perfect conditions to create temperate rainforests.
Residents near former RAF base say independent testing shows high levels of forever chemicals.
Nordliga torvmarker går från kolsänka till utsläppskälla när temperaturerna stiger.
<ul><li><p>Golfer makes appearance on Katie Miller’s podcast</p></li><li><p>Two-time major champion questions Nasa narrative</p></li></ul><p>As someone who has made much of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/sep/23/bryson-dechambeau-science-art-golf-us-open-champion">his devotion to science</a>, Bryson DeChambeau isn’t foolish enough to fall for any old conspiracy theory. But he does believe the moon landings may not have been all they seemed. And that interdimensional beings may be visiting Earth.</p><p>The two-time major champion appeared this week <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oR3wflAiyk">on a podcast hosted by Katie Miller</a>, the wife of White House senior adviser <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/aug/18/stephen-miller-trumps-immigration-mastermind-podcast">Stephen Miller</a>. During the interview DeChambeau spoke about conspiracy theories, golf and his friendship with Donald Trump.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/19/bryson-dechambeau-questions-moon-landing-footage-but-believes-in-interdimensional-beings-for-sure">Continue reading...</a>
23andMe is partnering with HealthEx to allow users to import their medical records, the company said Tuesday at STAT Breakthrough Summit West.
Five different groups of predatory dinosaurs independently evolved disproportionately small arms, and it seems they did so because their heads became so large and powerful
Former Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne responded publicly for the first time, at a STAT event Tuesday, to allegations in a new book about why he was forced to resign.
Successive governments have failed to prepare the UK for extreme heat, the climate watchdog says.
<p>Whale first photographed off the coast of Brazil in 2003 spotted off north-east Australia in September 2025</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/20/federal-budget-tim-wilson-reply-national-press-club-coalition-liberal-national-angus-taylor-labor-anthony-albanese-jim-chalmers-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A humpback whale has made a 15,000km journey from Brazil to Australia, marking what researchers believe is the longest distance ever documented between sightings of an individual humpback.</p><p>The whale was first photographed in 2003 at the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil’s main humpback whale nursery, off the coast of the north-eastern state of Bahia. In September 2025, it was spotted again in Hervey Bay off the Queensland coast, representing a travel distance of about 15,100km.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/20/humpback-whale-journey-15000km-brazil-hervey-bay-australia">Continue reading...</a>
<p>A Bermuda High parked over the western Atlantic is pulling sweltering air up from the South, challenging records in parts of the eastern U.S.</p>
Trump's cuts to foreign aid likely hampered the detection of the Ebola outbreak and the response to it.
Virginia's governor vetoed a closely watched effort to create an advisory panel to lower prescription drug costs.