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The Guardian view on Roman Britain: a constantly shifting picture | Editorial

New discoveries are constantly reshaping and enriching the story of our pastThe novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch once wrote that the study of early Greek history “sets a special challenge to the disciplined mind. It is a game with very few pieces, where the skill of the player lies in complicating the rules.” The same could be said of the study of Britain’s Roman period, a long, often...

Pfizer Covid pills highly effective at preventing deaths, trial suggests

Antiviral pill taken at home can cut rate of hospital admission and death by nearly 90%, says drugmakerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePfizer has said that its experimental antiviral pill for Covid-19 cut rates of hospital admission and death by nearly 90%, as the drugmaker joins the race to bring the first easy-to-use medication against the coronavirus to the US...

Go with the flow: how period clothing went mainstream

Period underwear is branching out into leak-proof exercise clothes, swimsuits, sleepwear – even blankets. Is this finally the end of tampons and pads?I suppose everyone who has ever got their period has the same nightmare, though for most of us, it’s come true. Mine happened a couple of years ago while reporting at a festival on New York’s Governors Island. It was August, hot and sticky, and...

Welsh study shows impact of Covid on 10- and 11-year-olds

Children ate less healthily, took less exercise and had more emotional problems, say researchersChildren in the UK ate fewer vegetables, took less exercise and experienced worsening emotional difficulties following the Covid outbreak, according to a research study.A biennial survey conducted by investigators at Cardiff University found that primary school-age children reported a sharp increase in...

Cop26: are we finally saying goodbye to coal?

The Science Weekly podcast is in Glasgow, where we are bringing listeners daily episodes from Cop26. Each morning you will hear from one of the Guardian’s award-winning environment team. Today, host Madeleine Finlay talks to the Guardian’s energy correspondent Jillian Ambrose about plans to end coal use. And as Cop26 week one draws to a close U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John...

Dual-drug treatment offers hope to children with rare brain cancer

Scientists make ‘promising’ breakthrough on fast-growing DIPG type of tumour Scientists have successfully combined two existing cancer drugs to create a treatment for children diagnosed with deadly brain tumours.Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a rare and fast-growing type of brain tumour in children, can mutate and evolve to resist treatment with a single drug. There is currently no...