UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China, government confirms
Getty Images Medical information of 500,000 participants of one of the UK's landmark scientific programmes, UK Biobank, were offered for…
Aspirin can reduce the risk of cancer – and we’re starting to understand why
Getty Images The 4,000-year-old drug, most commonly used to treat pain, prevents certain tumours from forming and spreading across the…
Your kitchen is full of microplastics. Here’s how to eat less of them
Microplastics gush out of our taps and flake off cookware. They find their way into the yolks of eggs, and…
The challenge of eating local food on a budget
In London and LA, we tried eating local food to make our diets more climate-friendly. Here's what happened next. The…
What I learned when I gave up sugar for six weeks
Foods with added sugar are everywhere – even in some surprising places. So how easy is it to go without…
Should you really trust health advice from an AI chatbot?
For the past year, Abi has been using ChatGPT – one of the best known AI chatbots – to help…