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Chris Rokos: the camera-shy billionaire behind the biggest UK university donation in modern times

The 55-year-old is one of the most successful hedge fund managers of his generation

The Guardian - UK

Who Is Chris Rokos' Wife? Attention Turns To Estranged Wife As UK Billionaire Donates £190 Million To Cambridge

UK hedge fund billionaire Chris Rokos donates a record-breaking £190 million to the University of Cambridge for the Rokos School of Government, sparking interest in his personal life

International Business Times UK

Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ on land around them – warming them by up to 16 degrees, researchers warn

Researchers found that roughly 340 million people now live within 6.2 miles of a data center

The Independent UK

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Billionaire hedge fund manager donates £190m to Cambridge University

Chris Rokos’ donation will establish the Rokos School of Government

The Independent UK

IonQ Just Secured a Deal with the University of Cambridge. Should You Buy the Quantum Computing Stock Here?

With IonQ deepening its quantum ambitions through a University of Cambridge partnership, should investors buy IONQ stock now?

Barchart

Bird numbers boosted on wetland farming sites, study finds

Raising water levels on lowland peat for ‘paludiculture’ can support nature recovery as well as store carbon, researchers say.

Evening Standard

Recreational drugs triple the risk of stroke in young people, study finds

About 100,000 people have strokes each year in the UK, according to Stroke Association

The Independent UK

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Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where?

Institutions including the Natural History Museum and Cambridge University hold more than 263,000 human remains, Guardian investigation finds

The Guardian - UK

Descendants of Zimbabwe resistance heroes urge UK to locate looted skulls

Relatives call on institutions to help them find remains of ancestors who led fight against British colonisers in 1890s

The Guardian - UK

Vast scale of overseas human remains held in UK museums decried by MPs and experts

Exclusive: Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways

The Guardian - UK

Teacher banned after lying about graduating from Cambridge and claiming to be five years younger than he was

Nicholas Martin claimed he was trying to pass himself off as ‘more dynamic and more fun’

The Independent UK

Viking Age mass grave holds mysterious mix of dismembered human remains and complete skeletons, including a 'giant' who'd had brain surgery

Archaeologists and student excavators uncovered a Viking Age pit full of dismembered remains near Cambridge, England.

LiveScience

Why is monogamy in crisis? The animal kingdom could give us some clues

As fewer people choose to pair up, let alone marry, it could be that our species’ mating patterns are moving closer to the natural order, says freelance journalist Elle Hunt

The Guardian - UK

New study reveals the link between menopause and dementia

The findings could shed light on why women face a higher risk of dementia compared to men

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Evening Standard

People on fat loss jabs ‘put weight back on faster than traditional dieters’

The vast majority of people taking Wegovy and Mounjaro pay privately owing to restrictions on who can access the medicines via the NHS.

The Independent UK

University Challenge star Bobby Seagull awarded MBE for library campaign

The renowned maths teacher initially thought the letter about his MBE was for jury duty

The Independent UK

New study challenges what we know about alcohol and cancer risk

Researchers found links between some cancers and alcohol consumption, but not others

The Independent UK

Half of people arrested in London could have undiagnosed ADHD, study finds

Neurodivergent individuals – particularly autistic people and those with ADHD – are overrepresented within prison populations, according to research

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Euronews

Cheap online fake accounts make misinformation a ‘thriving underground market’, study finds

A new Cambridge University index exposes the thriving underground market where fake social media account verifications can be purchased for as little as 8 cents, fueling online manipulation and election interference worldwide.

Euronews

Common chemicals could be toxic for gut health, study finds. Here are the top culprits

UK scientists tested more than 1,000 chemicals on gut bacteria samples in a lab, and identified 168 that appear harmful.

The Guardian - UK

More than half of UK novelists believe AI will replace their work

A new study by the University of Cambridge found many authors’ work has already been used – without their permission – to train large language models

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These Are Some Of The Smartest Animals Ever Studied, According To Science

Science reveals the smartest animals on Earth! Explore incredible animal intelligence and cognitive abilities in the animal kingdom. Discover the world's smartest animal!

The Conversation

String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called “Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?”

The Independent UK

Covid jab presents less harm for patients than the virus itself, study reveals

It comes amid previous concerns about potential harm from the jab

The Independent UK

Covid-19 jab causes fewer problems than the virus itself in youngsters – study

The new study was led by experts at UCL and the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh.

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