In September 2026, the leaders of the largest frontier AI laboratories said in public that the pace of capability improvement is too fast and that none of them can slow down alone, and agents under ev...

AbstractIntroduction. Individuals with psychiatric disorders experience substantial tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. Concerns persist that smoking

A new alcoholic drink has raised alarm bells thanks to its fun, bright packaging and pocket money-friendly price tag. It’s time we stopped giving ‘adult’ products the CBeebies treatment, writes Helen…

By David I Conway and Frances E Warner Mouth cancer is on the rise – tobacco remains the major cause and yet mouth cancer has disappeared from tobacco warnings in the United Kingdom. Mouth (oral) canc...

Some wellness influencers are saying nicotine promotes cognition and longevity. Scientific studies, however, paint a more complicated picture.

Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.

Financial conflicts of interest remain rife in the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), BMJ analysis reveals. Despite a new code of conduct banning links to the food industry, members wi...

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Abstract. Industries producing harmful products such as tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, and fossil fuels use highly developed communication strate

You could be walking around symptom-free and not know you’re pre-diabetic, living with hypertension or at a high risk of a heart attack, says public health academic Prof Devi Sridhar

Health Impact Assessments should be mandatory across government to ensure health, wellbeing and equity are considered in policy decisions and potential harms are identified before decisions are made.

Cost of tickets included £858 to a Harry Styles concert at Wembley; £1,839 to the Chelsea flower show and £3,432 of hospitality at the Brit Awards MPs have been accused of failing to learn their lesson over freebies after taking almost £400,000 of hospitality to concerts, sport matches and other events this year, with Louise Haigh, Lucy Powell and Wes Streeting among those accepting tickets. Despite the previous outcry in 2024 over Keir Starmer accepting football tickets and gifts of clothing, MPs appear to have been declaring hospitality since the start of the year on a greater scale than previously seen. Continue reading...

Abstract. Racism in peer review is a common, structurally embedded, and systemic problem. However, it is often framed as isolated acts of individual-level

Paper mill activity has exploded in recent years, polluting the scientific ecosystem with falsified data and compromising medical research Dr Reese Richardson’s phone constantly buzzes with notifications. The scientific research integrity specialist has been tracking shadowy organisations known as “paper mills”, which turn a profit by offering fraudulent academic authorship of scientific papers, IP registrations and other scholarly outputs. For a fee, paper mills offer to list people as authors of scientific journal articles, often of falsified research that bypasses the peer review process. Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

New research finds oral nicotine pouches may increase nicotine use among young people, highlighting the need for a precautionary approach to their regulation.