Fly brain breakthrough ‘huge leap’ to unlock human mind
A new map showing 50 million neural connections is a 'huge leap' to understanding our own brains.
Health
Widower hopes for answers as surgeon inquests loom
Catherine Coyne’s husband describes the family's ordeal as inquests into 62 deaths begin.
Nobel Prize goes to microRNA researchers
US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun helped explain how genes work inside the human body.
Tool promised to help non-verbal people – but did it manipulate them instead?
Experts say a tool supposedly helping nonverbal people speak is prompting false criminal allegations.
Immunotherapy saved my life. Can research improve the odds for others?
Researchers are looking at making immunotherapy a much more effective treatment for cancer.
Spiking victims ‘let down’ by emergency services
Two women say they were discouraged from going to the police and made to feel it was their fault.
MPs to get first vote on assisted dying for nine years
MPs will consider proposals to change the law so some terminally ill people can choose to end their life.
NHS bosses want chippy to sell fruit and veg
Plans for a new takeaway prompt health bosses to chip in with their own suggestions.
Eye and ear checks to be offered to autistic students at school
An NHS scheme is bringing checks into special schools to help identify issues sooner.
