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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) mainly affects women of childbearing age. 13:04, Wed, Feb 11, 2026 Updated: 13:30, Wed, Feb 11, 2026 A woman injecting herself with obesity medication (Image: Getty Images) Sufferers of a rare, debilitating condition causing headaches and sight-loss are needed for a new UK research trial – to see if weight-loss jab

Daniele Visioni sometimes worries he may be labelled an enemy of the state.  Visioni, a climate scientist and assistant professor at Cornell University, is an Italian-born scholar who will serve as an author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s upcoming Seventh Assessment Report, a document outlining the latest science on climate change, to be

Researchers from Baptist University have discovered two new coral species in Hong Kong’s southeastern waters, underscoring the area’s biodiversity despite being close to urban territory. The university revealed on Monday that a team of its marine scientists had identified two new soft coral species – previously unknown worldwide – in rocky reefs off Sung Kong

A rare interstellar comet has been caught in X-rays by two space telescopes, revealing how its gases interact with charged particles from the sun as it travels through the inner solar system...

In the mid-1950s, scientist Winston Price identified a virus responsible for the common cold. Price dubbed his discovery the ‘JH virus’ in honor of his employer (Johns Hopkins University), and set out to find a vaccine that would protect against it. The JH virus is now known as a rhinovirus, and it’s one of hundreds

A new study explains how cholesterol-lowering medications can lead to muscle damage and identifies a possible approach to making these treatments safer. Statins have dramatically improved cardiovascular health by lowering cholesterol levels and reducing the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes. Yet many people who take these medications experience unwanted muscle symptoms...

Astronomers analysing the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have found an unexpectedly high amount of methanol not only in the comet's centre but also far into the surrounding coma, defying existing theories on comet chemistry, and offering new insights into cometary matter beyond our solar system. This intriguing discovery marks one of many unique finds about the

Just 500 million years after the Big Bang, a colossal black hole, 300 million times the mass of the Sun, was already blazing at the heart of a tiny, brilliant galaxy. Found with JWST, this discovery could explain the strange "Little Red Dots" seen in the early cosmos and rewrites what we thought was possible