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Health news

Parents donate heart valves of foetus that died during delivery

The team behind the operation says it’s the first time in Spain that perinatal tissue is collected for transplantation.

10/03/2023

Health news

UK doctors warn about brain damage amid rising laughing gas cases

Calls for restrictions on the sale of nitrous oxide in local shops in the UK is growing after doctors see an influx of cases.

08/03/2023

Health news

New lip-reading app gives a voice to patients who’ve lost it

The speech recognition technology can lip-read more than 40 common phrases and keeps learning to improve its performance.

07/03/2023

Tech News

This sprinting robot could become your next beach lifeguard

The quadruped robot, Raibo, uses AI to adjust to any type of terrain without stumbling.

03/03/2023

Health news

Drug addiction experts warn teen opioid abuse is soaring in Denmark

Experts warn that opioid pills are "highly addictive" and can lead to severe side effects.

27/02/2023

Health news

Ukrainian soldiers are freezing sperm to 'leave something behind'

A fertility clinic in Kyiv is offering free fertility services to Ukraine's soldiers amid a future, potentially devastating demographic problem.

22/02/2023

Tech News

This VR headset makes your mouth feel all kinds of strange things

It allows you to feel spiders crawling around your lips or raindrops and mud splattering across your mouth in virtual reality.

19/02/2023

Healthcare

Why is Sweden restricting hormone therapy and surgery for trans teens?

Sweden, a pioneer in LGBTQ rights, is now restricting gender-affirming treatments for minors, citing concerns about their long-term side effects.

16/02/2023

Health news

This Swedish nursing home helps residents spice up their sex lives

“It's not just about sex. It's about closeness”: This retirement home encourages residents to nurture their sex life with the help of a “pleasure basket”.

13/02/2023

Tech News

Japan to tackle labour shortage and isolation with self-driving robots

Japan has eased traffic laws to allow self-driving delivery robots to help labour shortages and reduce the isolation of its aging population.

12/02/2023

Tech News

The Spider-Man robot designed to save lives by climbing up walls

A team of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has invented a quadrupedal robot that can climb up a wall in hopes to mitigate the growing number of negligent accidents.

07/02/2023

Mobility

This micro EV could solve parking problems in Europe’s crowded cities

The Israel-based start-up City Transformer says it plans to produce 15,000 vehicles by the end of 2024 at a new factory in Western Europe.

01/02/2023

Health news

Hospitals are turning to helper bots to solve chronic staff shortages

Robots currently being trialled in hospitals around the world can deliver prescriptions and work around the clock, including night shifts.

01/02/2023

Mobility

Dutch students have designed an electric research rover for Antarctica

The group of Dutch students behind the electric rover has recently run successful test drives in Norway to prove it can withstand the harsh weather conditions.

25/01/2023

Tech News

Watch just what Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot can do now

Boston Dynamics has released a new video showing its Atlas humanoid robot very much at ease working on a (fake) construction site.

21/01/2023

Health news

Inside the US facility that has cryofrozen 199 'patients' and 100 pets

This American cryonics facility has preserved "patients" in liquid nitrogen-filled tanks until a future date when technology allows them to be thawed.

15/01/2023

Tech News

New Arctic spaceport opens in Sweden as Europe's space race heats up

"Europe has its foothold in space and will keep it," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

13/01/2023

Tech News

New spray-on smart skin can learn and decipher hand movements using AI

A newly developed electronic skin allows users to type without a keyboard and let people use sign language in the metaverse.

12/01/2023

Mobility

Test flights and lunar missions: What to expect in space in 2023

After a year that saw NASA’s successful Orion test flight, here's what to look forward to in space in 2023.

02/01/2023

Health news

WHO warns of ‘unprecedented’ cholera outbreaks

“It is not acceptable in the 21st century to have people dying of a disease which is very well-known and very easy to treat,” the WHO said.

21/12/2022