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People might think excess alcohol is the key threat to the liver, but being overweight can also take its toll

From muscle microtears to coping with loss of energy stores, this is how the body recovers after running 26 miles in the London Marathon

The London Marathon is this weekend: here's why women face some extra challenges to men when they run long distances

I try to be merciful in my garden – but in my veg patch these munching molluscs are doomed

A low-carb diet like the one Dr Jen Unwin follows can sometimes cause levels to rise

Two 'breakthrough' medicines have no worthwhile benefits, scientists say - so where do hopes really lie?

Nasa's Artemis II mission paves the way for a longer-term space programme that includes a permanent base on the Moon

Scientists have made safer bread with lower levels of potentially cancer-causing acrylamide - but how much of an issue is this substance in our diet?

Four Artemis astronauts are flying further from Earth than any human has ventured before. After hitting one of the most tense points in their mission, a 40-minute communications blackout as the Orion capsule flies directly behind the Moon, the astronauts will be slingshotted back towards Earth. All being well, their craft will return late on Friday, when Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koc…

Four Artemis astronauts have flown further from Earth than any human has ventured before. At around 7pm BST, the astronauts travelled more than 248,655 miles from Earth, breaking the previous record set by the Apollo 13 crew in 1970. They then hit one of the most tense points in their mission: a 40-minute communications blackout as the Orion capsule flew directly behind the Moon, reaching a dista…

Four people will go further from Earth on Monday than anyone has been before – and they will be beyond contact or help. For 40 nail-biting minutes the astronauts on Nasa’s Artemis II mission to fly round the far side of the Moon will be out of reach of any signal from or to Earth. Radio signals cannot pass through the Moon so the astronauts will have no means of communication with Earth, but they…

This is Everyday Science with Clare Wilson, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox every week, you can sign up here. Hello, and welcome back to Everyday Science. As I have been buying Easter eggs this week, I’ve been thinking about the health impacts of different kinds of chocolate. It is often claimed that dark chocolate is the healthiest ki…

Cholesterol-lowering drugs that are alternatives to statins may become more widely used after a major trial has shown they can stop heart attacks and strokes even in people not thought to be at the highest risk. The treatments, which include injections that are given twice a month or twice yearly, can also be combined with statins to lower people’s cholesterol further still. But the UK’s use of t…

This is Everyday Science with Clare Wilson, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox every week, you can sign up here. Hello, and welcome back to Everyday Science. It’s hard to escape the current dietary craze for protein. You can buy protein-laced yogurts, chocolate bars – or even concentrated protein powder for adding to your food. But while …

Most of us have heard of the dangers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. But doctors are growing increasingly concerned about a new infectious threat: drug-resistant fungal diseases. Until now, these superbugs have been mainly confined to hospital patients with weak immune systems. But drug resistance has recently arisen in a common fungal skin infection called ringworm or “jock itch” that can affe…

This is Everyday Science with Clare Wilson, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox every week, you can sign up here. Hello, and welcome back to Everyday Science. Infections are back in the news, with the Kent meningitis B outbreak dominating headlines. But my attention was also caught by two studies out this week that shed light on our suscep…

Designer “cross-breed” dogs, such as cockapoos, are often claimed to be healthier and better behaved than the pedigree breeds that are their parents. But two of the most popular cross-breeds, cockapoos and cavapoos, in fact tend to be naughtier, research has found. “I don’t find this suprising at all,” said Shelina Duke, a dog trainer in London. “A lot of cockapoos are very hyper. “ The current e…

Infection control measures are being ramped up as the number of meningitis cases in the Kent outbreak rises to 20, including two deaths. One person was diagnosed at a London hospital, although they had been living in Kent and had no close contacts in the capital before seeking treatment, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. There have also been two cases in France in students who had b…

Most of us know by now that staying fit doesn’t just mean “aerobic” exercise, when you get out of breath – it should also involve strength training, which is known as resistance exercises. These days it’s no longer just body builders who are found lifting weights at the gym – the machines may be used by all. But there is a bewildering array of activities that count as resistance exercise, and a c…

Migraines were once thought to be caused by widening of blood vessels in the head, but research showed the real cause is something else - and it can be treated