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“Decades of research confirmed that education is one of the strongest predictors of long-term health,” Ferrer said.

The effects also compounded: The worse the weather, the more forest density served as a predictor for fire severity.

Prof Collins says "we need better models" that move beyond how well the drugs perform in the laboratory to ones that are a better predictor of their effectiveness in the body.

Last season, only 7/30 BBC predictors backed Chelsea to make the top four - this time they figure in all 34 predictions, although 26 of those have them as finishing fourth.

This may have been a foreshock - an early release of energy - but it is not a predictor of exact timing of a future earthquake, explained Prof McNeill.