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New research shows dolphins learning to walk on water from one another. Could this passing fad teach us more about cultural behaviours in dolphin communities? MARIANNE BROOKER reports

In a recession we all tighten our belts, right? Not necessarily, according to an academic at the University of Hertfordshire.

Experts have identified something called ‘shifting baseline syndrome’. No, not a symptom of excessive alcohol intake, but rather the theory that people’s perception of the environment is based on what they can see with their own eyes today, not what things were like in the past.

A flurry of new reports have all suggested that the presence of environmental pollutants is leading to a decline in our mental and physical health.