Increased crime rate linked to spike in air pollution: study

Tackling air pollution could help bring down crime rate in London, say researchers from London School of Economics

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Oil on Tate’s face

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Skeleton service

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Risky roads

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London shifts to reverse gear

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Phasing out plastic

Greenpeace helps in the manufacture of a biodegradable credit card minus its plastic content

In search of East India Company

Ours is a corporate age. And amid the fertile arguments on how to tame and transform today's corporation, there is a sense that current era of …

Experts meet in London to understand disaster risks

Over 800 experts attend Understanding Risk Forum in an attempt to 'produce actionable information'

COVID-19: Sharp rise projected in HIV, TB, Malaria deaths due to overwhelmed systems

Deaths could be minimised if people not forced to stay away from hospitals  

Alzheimer protein can be transmitted, says the study

Findings support hypothesis that beta-amyloid proteins were accidentally transmitted to patients through a now defunct medical treatment

Beluga whale spotted in September, still in the Thames

The marine mammal is spending its time in Gravesend, near the river mouth  

Avoiding harm - how simple a duty is it?

The London High Court judgment on arsenic poisoning cases in Bangladesh explicity clears the way for affected people to claim compensation. …

Call novel Coronavirus 'COVID-19', says WHO

Current outbreak's death rate in epicentre estimated at 18%; it was 10% globally for Sars in 2002-03

Pollutant levels drop in central London 17 years after carbon tax introduction

Marylebone, Bloomsbury and Westminster had lower levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide in 2020, compared to 2003, a …

Here’s a scientific explanation to our polarisation debate

Study finds that those with radical beliefs, left or right, overestimate their ability to arrive at correct answers and display a generic …

London is the cleanest

The level of pollution due to vehicular emissions is falling throughout the UK

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Study shows social stigma comes in the way of alcoholics opting for treatment

A study says that almost half of the affected were too embarrassed to undertake treatment

Scientists identify viruses causing mass deaths of amphibians in Europe

Pathogenic viruses can jump between a range of species; pose threat to reptiles, too

World’s first ‘Darwinian’ cancer drug plan could be a game changer

The programme based on artificial intelligence that will help forecast cancers and treat them better could be of immense benefit to patients …

Social health schemes better for cancer patients than tax-based systems, say researchers

A study of European countries by London-based researchers shows the adverse impact of global financial crisis on cancer drug reimbursements