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Walk or cycle for 'a happier commute'

Walking or cycling to work instead of driving a car can improve people's feelings of health and happiness. That's what a study at the University of East Anglia in the UK suggests...
Jul 12,2015

Language extinction

Economic development is causing the extinction of some languages, scientists believe.A study has found that minority languages in the most developed parts of the world, including North America, Europe and Australia, are most at threat. The research is published in the journal 'Proceedings of the Roya..
Jul 12,2015

US bank to pay record $16.7bn to government

Bank of America has agreed to pay a record $16.7bn to US authorities for selling bad mortgage loans that helped start the 2008 financial crisis. The fine is the largest of its kind in US corporate history...
Jul 12,2015

Ebola experimental treatment

Two US aid workers who caught Ebola in Liberia appear to be getting better after receiving an experimental drug, officials have said. The World Health Organization (WHO) is now considering whether to make such treatments more widely available...
Jul 12,2015

WW1 centenary

World leaders are gathering in Belgium for one of a number of ceremonies marking 100 years since Britain joined World War One. Germany will send a representative, but some historians have accused Germany of not taking the anniversary seriously enough...
Jul 12,2015

Britain goes ahead with fracking

Energy companies are being invited to bid for licences to extract oil and gas from large areas of Britain using the controversial process known as fracking. Under the process, water, sand and chemicals are pumped into shale rock under high pressure, cracking it to release the oil or gas. Opponents sa..
Jul 12,2015

Internet piracy warnings

Warning emails are to be sent to people in the UK who are downloading music and films illegally. From 2015, up to four warnings a year will be sent to households suspected of copyright infringement...
Jul 12,2015

Assisted dying debate

A law which would allow assisted suicide is being discussed in Britain. The proposal is based on laws already in place in the US states of Oregon and Washington. It has caused controversy...
Jul 12,2015

Egyptian statue sells for nearly £16m

An Egyptian statue held in a museum in Britain has been sold for £15.76m at Christie's of London, despite protests by the Egyptian government and the Arts Council in England. Northampton Borough Council sold it to help pay for a £14m development of its museum and art gallery...
Jul 12,2015

Cheap solar energy

A new way of producing solar cells could make energy from the Sun cheaper than coal, gas and oil. The research by a team at Liverpool University has been published in the journal Nature...
Jul 12,2015