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Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antennae
The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Do insects feel pain? Crickets certainly seem...
Daily pill can help people maintain weight loss after they come off jabs, trial shows
Data shows orforglipron could in future avoid need to take other long-term medications for diseases associated with obesity A daily pill could help people keep weight off and stop them needing other long-term medications, scientists behind landmark new trial data have suggested. The researchers said orforglipron could help prevent more...
Getting children to eat their vegetables starts in the womb, researchers suggest
Rather than bribery, or hiding carrots under ketchup, the key may be to expose foetuses to healthy flavours It is an age-old battle with small children that most parents will recognise: please, please, eat your vegetables. Some will read them books with titles such as The Boy Who Loved Broccoli....
6 found dead in cargo train boxcar at Union Pacific yard in Texas border town: Police
Federal agents are investigating the death of six people thought to be immigrants found inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the Mexico border in Laredo, Texas on Sunday as a “potential human smuggling event.”
Businesses are facing rising costs during the Iran war, and economists expect more strains ahead
Costs are piling up for businesses during the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran — and many economists see a bleak outlook, with some bracing for a downturn in hiring and investment in the coming months
Trump nominates David Cummins to head the TSA after a rocky period for the agency
President Donald Trump is nominating David Cummins to lead the Transportation Security Administration
Groom will spend decades in prison for killing his best friend on his wedding night
A man in Michigan who got married and then ran over his best friend that same day has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison
Winning numbers drawn in Monday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 24-30-37-56-64, Powerball: 7
Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in Washington
Workers have begun preliminary surveys and testing for a proposed Triumphal Arch sought by President Donald Trump