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Life in towns and cities can grind you down, but putting health and wellbeing at the centre of new housing and infrastructure developments could make for happier, healthier citizens.

Urban birds are less afraid of litter than their country cousins, according to a new study, which suggests they may learn that litter in cities is not dangerous. ̽»¨Ö±²¥research could help birds to adapt to urban settings better, helping them to survive increasing human encroachment on their habitats.

̽»¨Ö±²¥ability to understand language could be much better preserved into old age than previously thought, according to researchers from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, who found older adults struggle more with test conditions than language processing.

Tomas Folke (Department of Psychology) and Julia Ouzia (Anglia Ruskin ̽»¨Ö±²¥) discuss the cognitive disadvantages that may be associated with learning more than one language.

A new app will crowdsource data to help scientists understand the relationship between biodiversity and wellbeing. ̽»¨Ö±²¥app, developed at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, maps happiness onto a detailed map that includes all the UK’s nature reserves and green spaces. 

Money really can buy happiness when spending fits our personality, finds a study based on 77,000 UK bank transactions.

Overweight young adults may have poorer episodic memory – the ability to recall past events – than their peers, suggests new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, adding to increasing evidence of a link between memory and overeating.

̽»¨Ö±²¥complex pattern of ‘chatter’ between different areas of an individual’s brain while they are awake could help doctors better track and even predict their response to general anaesthesia – and better identify the amount of anaesthetic necessary – according to new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.

Individuals addicted to cocaine may have difficulty in controlling their addiction because of a previously-unknown ‘back door’ into the brain, circumventing their self-control, suggests a new study led by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.

A new report looking at the experiences of people who are estranged from family members and the challenges they face has highlighted the particular difficulties associated with Christmas.