Moments of joy ‘can damage heart’

The emotional stress that causes chest pains and breathlessness can occur in moments of joy as well as anger, grief and fear, a Swiss study suggests. Three-quarters of cases of takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a change in the shape of the heart's…

Milk teeth reveal medieval children

For modern children used to scoffing handfuls of sugary treats and tasty snacks, the diet of medieval youngsters would have come as something of a shock. While medieval meals are popularly depicted as banquets with huge haunches of meat,…

How the cheetah got its SPEED

Sprinting across the African plains at speeds of more than 62 mph (100km/h) the African cheetah is the world's fastest animal on land. But how did it become so fast? Scientists have sequenced the genome of a cheetah named Chewbaaka to…

Grey hair gene discovered by scientists

Scientists have pinpointed a gene responsible for grey hair - a discovery that could lead to new ways of delaying or preventing this natural sign of ageing, they say in Nature Communications. Hair dyes can cover up greying but gene…
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