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After almost 1,300 years, Eurasian lynx can make a comeback in Britain. Considered to be the most ambitious project ever to take place globally, Lynx UK Trust is planning to re-introduce 18 Eurasian lynx in Britain.

The wild lynx preys mainly on deer. The Eurasian lynx, which prefers to stay in dense forests, is considered to be a solitary animal and is quite secretive in nature. Experts said that the only way through which humans can come to know about the lynx is through footprints in the snow.

Originally, the lynx was found from the UK to China. Only a few are left now in part of Western Europe. Between 500 and 700 AD, the lynx was hunted to extinction for its fur. Due to its snowshoe-like webbed paws, Eurasian lynx continued to be a fast predator even in deep snow.

As per archaeologists, oldest human brain in the UK is said to be preserved for more than 2,500 years using mud. In 2008, the brain was found inside a decapitated skull. When it was found, the jaw and two vertebrate were still attached to it.

Researchers have carried out radiocarbon dating on a sample of the jaw bone. Its assessment has found that it was of the person who used to live in the 6th century BC and is probably to be a man between 26 and 45 years old.

The Ashcombe School students in Dorking visited CERN and they all have been encouraged by the visit. It has been informed that at the time of the February visit, the young scientists revealed how the Swiss nuclear research centre is helping provide answers for some of the most essential questions facing the human race.

According to experts, scientific breakthroughs like the finding of the Higgs boson particle needs experimental machines on a huge scale. CERN is a European research organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. The European Organization for Nuclear Research known as CERN was established back in 1954. Since it was founded the UK has been a member of CERN.

Water pollution has added to a number of incidences of mortality and morbidity. A new study has found that unsafe drinking water, insufficient availability of water for hygiene and lack of access to sanitation leads to around 88% of deaths from diarrheal diseases.

The new research has found that poor sanitation and unclean water is the world’s fifth biggest enemy of ladies. As per WaterAid, as many as 800,000 women died due to non-proper availability to clean water and safe toilets.

The risk factor includes many factors like ingestion of unsafe water, lack of water associated with inadequate hygiene, poor personal and domestic hygiene and agricultural practices, contact with unsafe water, management of water resources.

Kids brought up in Southern California have better lung function compared to their counterparts from the mid-1990s. This has happened because of a persistent decrease in air pollution. The results have been concluded by a study conducted over two decades.

The study was conducted on 2,120 children for over three different periods i.e. 1994-98, 1997-2001 and 2007-11.

According to the University of Southern California’s Children’s Health Study, it was found that improvements in air quality were linked to statistically and clinically positive impacts on lung function growth in children.

The National Nutrition Month is an annual nutrition education campaign, sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, ran in March. The campaign has been designed to bring attention of people to the need of making good food choices and physical habits.

This year’s theme is ‘Bite into a Healthy Lifestyle’, whose motive is to encourage people to adopt eating and activity plans. As per the theme, people should be focused on consuming fewer calories. Good food choices and daily physical activities can help an individual to maintain a healthy weight and reduce the risks of chronic disease.