24 articles from SUNDAY 14.5.2023

Six lions killed by herders in Kenya

Six lions were killed on Saturday by Kenyan herders after the pride attacked 11 goats and a dog the previous night, wildlife officials said, in the latest incident of human-wildlife conflict in the country.

‘You mean there’s nothing?’ The families fighting for their children with dementia

Thousands of Australian children live with dementia. Now recognition and research offer hope to the families raising children who will forgetIn many ways, Ronin and Ethan are typical young boys. They love Hot Wheels toy cars, Shaun the Sheep, rude noises and pizza nights. Nine-year-old Ethan dotes on the family pets. Ronin, seven, is always booting a soccer ball around the back yard. “They’re...

Overhaul UK fertility law to keep up with advancements, expert says

Exclusive: IVF in Britain ‘is the most successful and the safest it has ever been’, says Tim ChildA leading fertility expert has said the law should be overhauled so that rapid advancements in reproductive science do not stall.Prof Tim Child of the University of Oxford said IVF in the UK was “the most successful and the safest that it has ever been”, and noted that the chance of having a...

So pleased to meet you: why it’s never too late to make close friends

She’s 10 years younger than me and lives on the other side of the world – but we forged the friendship of a lifetimeThere’s an assumption in life that by the time you’ve reached your more seasoned years, you’ve made all the close friends you need. Surely you’ve accumulated enough through school, university and work. But I’ve learned that close friends can be made at any age. In my...

Climate crisis deniers target scientists for vicious abuse on Musk’s Twitter

Abusive, often violent tweets denying the climate emergency have become a barrage since Elon Musk acquired the platform, say UK expertsSome of the UK’s top scientists are struggling to deal with what they describe as a huge rise in abuse from climate crisis deniers on Twitter since the social media platform was taken over by Elon Musk last year.Since then, key figures who ensured “trusted”...