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Depression can play a direct role in developing type 2 diabetes even if you’re not overweight, researchers have discovered. Experts have long known that people with diabetes are around twice as likely to suffer depression compared with…

Everyday devices like smart speakers, doorbell cameras, TVs and even washing machines are spying on families, it has been revealed.Research shows that standard household amenities are capturing and sharing private information with big…

Millions of US taxpayer dollars are being sent to shady laboratories in China to fund cruel and dangerous experiments on animals.Records show more than $15 million in government grants has funded animal experiments in foreign labs from…

Urban foxes may be more bold than their country equivalents, but they are not necessarily any more clever.Researchers spent just over a year studying wild foxes at 104 locations in England and Scotland, leaving the scavengers food in…

A major cancer research project in memory of singer Sarah Harding will look for early signs of breast cancer in young women.Harding, who was part of the pop group Girls Aloud, died from the disease aged 39 in 2021 and one of her final…

Medical experts have issued a fresh call to halt the development of artificial intelligence (AI), warning it poses an 'existential threat' to people.A team of five doctors and global health policy experts from across four continents said…