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Study warns elevator safety standards in the UK, EU lag behind rising body weight

Few riders are on board but the panel shows 'full'; advocates say elevator rules must reflect larger body sizes.

Excess weight is associated with an increased risk of acute and chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer
A student taking an exam

Years of slipping test results: What’s dragging down US students?

A woman holding her stomach

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Vegetable salad.

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Brazil enacts law to allow divorced couples shared custody of pets

Under the legislation, joint custody can be awarded when couples separate and cannot agree on who should keep the animal.

How do our pets help us cope with the situation?

Scandinavia's largest prehistoric mound is not a tomb, but a memorial to a natural disaster - study

Archaeological excavations that have taken place at Raknehaugen, have all failed to discover evidence that would typically indicate a burial mound, such as a grave or human remains.

Excavations of Raknehaugen, Norway, in 1939.

China's largest artifact made of meteorite iron found in Bronze Age ritual site - study

To date, a total of 13 meteoritic iron artifacts have been identified in China, with most found in the country’s north. 

(Illustrative) A massive 420 kg meteorite on display in Paris, France, November 5, 2025.

Near an IKEA store: Wolf bites woman in the face in Hamburg shopping area

Experts say attacks on humans are very rare, and healthy wolves usually keep their distance.

 Wolf

Easter getaway chaos at Spain’s flight hubs as ground staff walk out

Some flights are expected to depart without luggage as airlines adapt schedules and staffing plans.

An Easy Jet airline's Airbus A320-214 passenger aircraft, coming from Glasgow, lands at Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport, in Malaga, Spain, June 29, 2024.

Researchers tie vaping to mouth and lung cancers in new analysis

Large-scale human data on vapers who develop cancer will take decades to accumulate, researchers explain.

Vaping. Illustration.

Countdown to a lunar comeback: NASA readies astronauts for Moon journey

Christina Koch is expected to become the first woman to fly around the moon.

General view of the moon on March 30, 2026

False AI match sends US grandmother to jail for five months

The defense team presented bank records showing she was over 1,900 km away at the time of the alleged crimes.

Jail cell. Illustration.

New biography alleges Prince Philip secretly battled pancreatic cancer for eight years

On the night before his death at Windsor Castle, the duke is said to have slipped out of his room and given his nurses the slip.

Prince Phillip, 2008.

Research: Fathers get depressed after child's birth, just not right away

Estimates suggest that about one in ten fathers experiences postpartum depression.

 An illustrative image of babies.